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Dave Baker East Winner Of Ozark Open Tournament Dave Baker of Wentworth, Missouri captured the Ozark Open title in seven

straight wins, averaging 70.2 per cent in ringers for the day. In the play-off for runner-up spot, C. Long won over R. Piute. Meet was played on portable courts.

CLASS A W L % W L %

D. Baker 7 0 70.2 E. Winston 2 5 55.8 C. Long 5 2 62.7 R. Prakes ... 2 5 56.3 R. Piute 5 2 57.2 J. Bancroft 2 5 47.3 J. Lilly 4 3 54.8 R. Kampschoder 1 6 48.5

CLASS B — V. Winston, 7-0-71.3; B. Moritz, 5-2-57.7; J. Ehrsam, 4-3-51.4; W. Webb, 4-3-51.2; O. Plott, 4-3-51.2; A. Holding, 3-4-48.9; J. Nichols, 1-6-45.7; L. Strom, 0-7-44.9.

CLASS C — 0. Ellerman, 7-0-48.5; D. Durfee, 6-1-38.5; R. Mittchell, 4-3-35.2; D. Brous, 4-3-32.4; B. Belton, 3-4-27.8; G. Nixon, 2-5-33.9; D. Nixon, 1-6-26.8; A. Belton, 1-6-29.7.

First Annual Robinson, III. Open — August 23 The Robinson, Illinois club will hold its first annual Open tournament on the

City park courts in Robinson, Illinois on Saturday, August 23. There will be six classes. Deadline for entries is 12 o'clock, noon on Saturday, August 23. Leo Schlosser, secretary, 705 East Main St., Oblong, Illinois 62449.

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The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/August, 1969 THE HORSESHOE PITCHER'S NEWS DIGEST is published on the 15th of each month at Aurora, Illinois, U. S. A. by the National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association of America. Editorial office, P. O. Box 1606, Aurora, Illinois 60507. Subscription rate is $2.50 per year in advance. NHPA membership cards are available through each state secretary for $1.50 plus any state association dues. Forms close on the last day of each month. Advertising

rates on request. F. Ellis Cobb, Editor.

NATIONAL OFFICERS Ralph Dykes, 433 West North Avenue, Lombard, Illinois 60148 President James Knisley, 217 Walnut, Bremen, Ohio 43107 1st Vice-President Gerald Schneider, 1033 N. Rose Glen Ave., Rosemead, Calif. 91770 2nd Vice-President Joseph Abbott, 5840 Peck Road, Erie, Pennsylvania 16510 3rd Vice-President Ruth Hangen, 208 Burroughs Drive, Buffalo, New York 14226 4th Vice-President Robert G. Pence, 341 Polk Street, Gary, Indiana 46402 Secretary-Treasurer

Volume 13 AUGUST Number 8

Danny Kuchcinski Takes Greenville Open Crown Danny Kuchcinski, 1967 World Champion, showed Greenville pitchers and

fans why he expects to make a strong bid to regain the title this year. He went undefeated to win the annual Greenville Open on a windy day at City Park Courts. The first game was the toughest as it took 130 shoes to defeat Jim Knisley 50-45. In this game Kuchcinski threw 84.6% and Knisley 83.0% ringers.

There were 76 entrants in this popular warmup tourney. Harold Darnold of Burlington, Iowa, pitching in Class D, had the high game of the tournament, 86.7% against Justin Shadley of Ada, Ohio, the Class D winner.

CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L %

D. Kuchcinski, Pa 7 0 80.1 G. Grubbs, Jr., Ind 6 1 65.2 J. Knisley, Ohio 4 3 75.5 A. Copeland, Ohio 5 2 66.7 W. Kabel, Ohio 4 3 75.0 D. Roberts, Ohio 5 2 64.8 P. Focht, Ohio 3 4 76.7 C. Ryan, Ohio 4 3 58.8 H. Anthony, Ohio 3 4 73.9 R. Miller, Ohio 4 3 57.2 G. Riffle, Ohio 3 4 68.7 Z. Campbell, Ohio 2 5 53.7 J. Johnson, Ohio 2 5 68.7 E. Custer, Ohio 1 6 55.8 S. Manker, Ohio 2 5 68.3 F. Collins, Ohio 1 6 55.0

CLASS C — K. Kugler, Ohio, 5-0-57.8; B. Scholl, Ohio, 4-1-61.8; Mel Kalb, Ohio, 2-3-48.8; W. Pillion, Mich., 2-3-48.4; J. Swyers, Ohio, 2-3-46.6; D. Mar-cum, Ohio, Forfeit.

CLASS D — J. Shadley, Ohio, 4-1-58.1; H. Darnold, Iowa, 4-1-73.7; J. Pillion, 4-1-64.2; G. Mendenhall, Ind., 2-3-57.4; G. Gibbons, Ohio, 1-4-50.0; C. Brickler, Ohio, 0-5-38.2.

CLASS E — P. Rohrs, Ohio, 5-0-60.3; J. Wallick, Ohio, 3-2-48.5; R. Whiter man, Ohio, 2-3-47.9; H. Godfrey, Ohio, 2-3-46.3; R. Pence, Ind., 2-3-44.5; R. Futrell, Ohio, 1-4-37.6.

CLASS F — H. Brunner, Ohio, 5-0-62.0; O. Crider, Ohio, 3-2-49.7; J. John-son, Ind., 3-2-47.7; H. May, Ohio, 3-2-46.3; F. Karacia, Ohio, 1-4-41.1; L. Dex-ter, Ohio, 0-5-43.6.

CLASS G — G. Haas, Ohio, 5-0-59.2; E. Buehner, Ohio, 3-2-44.7; G. Boeh-ringer, Ohio, 3-2-39.2; G. Nielson, Ky., 3-2-38.3; J. Napier, Ohio, 2-3-47.4; T. McEldowney, Ohio, Forfeit.

CLASS H — J. Roeder, Ohio, 4-1-54.5; R. Brunner, Ohio, 4-1-57.1; D. Nims, Ohio, 4-1-50.0; D. Shoup, Ohio, 2-3-41.7; H. McGreevey, Ohio, 1-4-43.9; R. Whitesel, Ohio, 0-5-38.4.

CLASS I — E. Parshall, Ohio, 5-0-47.2; M. Pattee, Ind., 4-1-41.0; W. Smith, Ohio, 3-2-43.8; E. Pratt, Ohio, 1-4-41.1; R. Brumbaugh, Ohio, 1-4-39.2; 0. Cross, Ohio, 1-4-35.5.


Danny Kuchcinski Takes — (Continued) CLASS J — S. Kalb, Ohio, 4-1-42.3; J. Hodges, Ohio, 4-1-35.8; J. Wilson,

Ohio, 4-1-38.0; J. McCombs, Ohio, 2-3-30.1; W. Robinette, Ohio, 1-4-25.5; D. Preston, Ohio, 0-5-26.5.

CLASS K — E. Waggoner, Ohio, 3-2-39.8; C. Noland, Ohio, 3-2-30.0; M. Walk-er, Ohio, 3-2-32.8; W. Fourman, Ohio, 2-3-32.6; D. Denniston, Ohio, 2-3-30.3; W. Adams, Ind., 2-3-28.0.

CLASS L — K. Waggoner, Ohio, 5-0-36.4; R. Chappel, Ohio, 4-1-31.5; R. Haworth Ohio, 3-2-25.6; W. Cramer, Ohio, 2-3-16.1; H. Varvel, Ohio, 1-4-21.4; R. Cool, Ohio, 0-5-10.6.

Southwest Ohio District — September 5-6-7 WHERE — Miami Valley Horseshoe courts, Franklin Community park,

Franklin, Ohio. WHEN — Sept. 5-6-7, 1969 QUALIFYING — The score from your state tournament may be used. Sign

in at the state tournament. If that isn't used then you must qualify Friday night at the Franklin, Ohio courts. Entry fee, $3.00.

CLASS A — Saturday at 5 P.M. Last 2 classes, also at this time. CLASS B and C— Sunday at 12:00 Class of 6 at the same time. If more

classes, they will be played on Sunday night. More information at the state tournament.

COUNTIES ARE — Adam, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clarke, Clinton, Clermont, Darke, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Hamilton, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby, Warren, Mercer, Hardin.

Sanctioned tournament and it requires a combined state and national card.

Ted Livengood Top Man In Oklahoma Open Ted Livengood of Oklahoma City, Okla. garnered top spot in the annual

Oklahoma Open tournament held on the Wiley Post park courts in Oklahoma City, Okla. There were 31 men entered with 2 trophies being awarded in each of the 4 classes.

CLASS A — First, Ted Livengood, Oklahoma City; Second, Andy Mogus, Bartlesville.

CLASS B — First, W. W. Webb, of Russell, Kansas; Second, Raymond Carver, Wentworth, Missouri.

CLASS C — First, O. L. Holey, Oklahoma City; Second, Don Renberger, Oklahoma City.

CLASS D — First, A1 Belden, Tulsa; Second, Guy Goddard, Oklahoma City; Third, Taylor Ford, Oklahoma City and fourth, E. L. Douglas of Oklahoma City.

COVER PICTURE . . . . Shown this month are the trophy winners in the Canadian Spring tournament held at Welles ley, Ontario. Left to Right, Ken Smith, champion, Al Sorrel, George Schummer, and Bob Smith. The meet was played using a new scoring system devised by George Schummer, president of the Canadian Association.

The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/August, 1969

Ohio State Championship — Greenville, Ohio Aug. 29-30-31, Sept. 1

The welcome mat is out at Greenville, Ohio again marking the 13th con-secutive year that the championship of Ohio has been at this location. Will take in Labor Day week-end.

All entrants must be Ohio residents, and except for the Juniors, hold a 1969 Ohio NHPA membership card. (Cards available at the courts.)

ENTRY FEE & QUALIFYING-MEN: Entry fee $5.00, qualifying 100 shoes, begins Friday afternoon, Aug. 29 from 2 to 9 p.m., and continues on Saturday morning, Aug. 30 until 12 noon, the deadline for entries.

CONVENTION: The annual meeting of The Ohio Buckeye State Associa-tion will be held Saturday afternoon, Aug. 30, as soon as possible after all entrants to the tournament have qualified.

MEN'S TOURNAMENT: Round robin begins with the lower classes Satur-day afternoon, Aug. 30, after the Convention, continues on Sunday, Aug. 31, and finishes on Labor Day, Monday Sept. 1. Classes will be arranged accord-ing to qualifying scores and starting time posted.

LADIES TOURNAMENT: Saturday afternoon, Aug. 30, after the Conven-tion. Entry fee $5.00, no qualifying, deadline for entries 12 noon, Aug. 30. Classes will be arranged by Tournament Committee. NHPA card required.

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT: Saturday afternoon, Aug. 30, after the Conven-tion. (Age limit 16 years and under.) No entry fee, no qualifying. Classes will be arranged by Tournament Committee. NHPA card not required. Entries close at 12 noon, Aug. 30.

AWARDS: Trophies and cash prizes in addition to NHPA Certificates in the Men's and Ladies' division, trophies only in the Juniors.

GENERAL: Jim Knisley is the defending champion (1st time), Ruth Ben-nett for the Ladies (6th consecutive time), Dennis Riffle for the Juniors (5th consecutive year), and Rodney Bennett for the sub-juniors.

The Darke County Horseshoe Club and the City of Greenville has invited all players, their families and friends to beautiful City Park for a pleasant week-end. For additional information contact Sam Goodlander, 5 Roth Place, Reading, Ohio (45215) or telephone 761-1893 area code 513.

Annual Monmouth, Illinois Open Date Set For Sept. 7 The seventh annual Monmouth Open tournament will be held at Monmouth

park in Monmouth, Illinois on Sunday, September 7. There will be six classes with eight men to a class. Entry fee will be $3.00. The deadline for qualifying will be 9:30 A.M. Qualifying scores may be mailed in or can be brought along on day of tournament. Those mailing their scores should send them to Bob St. George, 622 North "A" Street, Monmouth, Illinois 61462. All players MUST be at the courts by 9:30 A.M. even though their scores have been sent in as the tournament will start promptly at 10 A.M.

Annual Columbus, Ohio Open Tourney, Sept. 13-14-20-21 The annual Columbus, Ohio Open tournament will be held on Sept. 13-14-20

and 21 on the Whetstone park courts, 4015 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio. Leave 1-71, North at East North Broadway going 1 mile west to North High Street, then 10 blocks north to Whetstone park.

James Knisley is the defending champion. Send percentage and entry fee of $5.00 to Francis Park, 5220 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43214 not later than Sept. 4. You will be notified when you will pitch.


SPOTLIGHT OH

Local Clubs PULASKI, N. Y. — The local village board told the club officers that if

they would build and maintain the courts, they would furnish the land. As a result we are graduating from the backyards to municipal courts.

It will take a lot of hard work, but we have a great bunch of fellows in our club. If this all comes about, which we are anticipating, we will be most proud and happy to extend an invitation to come and play.

We have sent a check from the club to register our courts with the NHPA, along with a request for all information pertinent to operating our club. We feel very strongly about supporting the organization that supports us.

Southeastern Classic, Aug. 23-24 — Winston-Salem, N.C. The twelfth annual Southeastern Classic Horseshoe Tournament will be held

August 23 and 24 at the Miller Park Courts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Each player will pitch 100 shoes to qualify for position. The entry fee is

$5.00. There is an additional fee of $5.00 for all Class A pitchers and $3.00 for all Class B pitchers.

To be eligible, one must be a member of NHPA and present their 1969 mem-bership card. Anyone who is not already a member may join NHPA at the tournament and be eligible to pitch.

Qualifying will begin on Friday evening August 22nd at 6 P.M. until 10 P.M., resuming on Saturday from 8 A.M. until 12 Noon.

The Southeastern Classic is sponsored by the North Carolina Horseshoe Pitchers Association and the Winston-Salem Recreation Department. Trophies will be awarded to the first and second place winners in each class, and there will be some cash awards. Last year Woody Thomas of High Point, North Carolina was the leading qualifier with a score of 280 out of a possible 300 points hitting in 90 of 100 shoes. The defending champion is Harold Reno from Sabina, Ohio.

Eighty-one participants and their families enjoyed a delicious southern fried chicken dinner with us at this tournament last year, and we look for-ward to having even more this year.

Spencer, Iowa Open Tourney — Sept. 8-9-10-11 In connection with the annual Spencer County fair held at the fairgrounds

in Spencer, Iowa there will be a 100 shoe horseshoe pitching event. On Sept. 8-9-10-11 will be an open 100 shoe event with four classes. Winners

each day and final 3 high scores in each class will receive a trophy. On Sat. morning a boys tourney will be held with junior and senior boys competing. There will be six trophies. So in all with the 100 shoe event and boys tourney $500 and 18 trophies. So $700 in cash and $300 in trophies will be given. No charge for boys tourney but $1.00 per 100 shoes.

Entry fee for men will be $3.00. For additional information contact George Engelman, Storm Lake, Iowa.


Pennsylvania Open Crown Won By Al Zadroga A1 Zadroga of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania defeated Jim Solomon and Clyde

Martz in the final rounds of a closely fought tournament to become the first champion of an event that Pennsylvania hopes will become one of the major tournaments in the United States. When he had to be, Al was at his best, pitch-ing solid 80% games in the last few rounds. He is truly one of the most re-markable champions Pennsylvania has ever produced.

CLASS A CLASS B W L %

Al Zadroga 6 1 77.5 Richard Maroni 7 0 64.7 James Solomon 6 1 77.4 Charles Semans 5 2 61.5

Joseph Wohar 4 3 62.2

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, 6 1 77.4 5 2 79.0 4 3 76.2 3 4 71.9 2 5 74.8 2 5 74.1 0 7 67.4

Howard Shriver 4 3 76.2 John Ruskin 4 3 59.8 Dale Carson 3 4 71.9 Carl Metzler 4 3 55.6 Oscar Engle 2 5 74.8 Jack Rainbow 2 5 56.4 Clair Bruce 2 5 74.1 Peter Schalonis 2 5 53.1

Pete Sowa 0 7 46.4 CLASS C — Ed Blum, 6-1-61.3; Clyde Falk, 6-1-54.5; Jake Fiore, 5-2-53.2;

Robert Johnson, 4-3-53.8; Pete Vlachos, 3-4-49.2; Robert Myers, 2-5-47.8; Al Booth, 1-6-50.4; Joseph Brody, 1-6-46.8.

CLASS D — George Neuss, 5-0-46.8; Cyril Enders, 4-1-46.6; Perry Bussard, 2-3-39.5; Nick Wohar, 2-3-38.1; Raymond Henry, 1-4-39.5; Milliard Young, 1-4-37.0.

CLASS E — William Cover, 7-0-40.9; Earl Winsper, 6-1-32.2; Ronald Hron-yak, 5-2-29.2; John Regan, 4-3-28.5; Hobert Drake, 2-5-29.0; Joseph Rusiki, 2-5-21.9; Sylvan DePaoli, 2-5-20.6; John Conlan, 0-7-16.1.

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Hohl Drops Two As Curt Day Claims Greenville, Ohio Annual Ringer Classic

CLASS A W

C. Day. Ind 14 E. Hohl, Canada 13 D. Kuchcinski, Penna 11 J. Solomon, Penna 11 J. Knisley, Ohio 10 R. Martin, 111 9 P. Focht, Ohio 8 F. Toole, Ark 8 R. Norwood, Tenn 8 W. Kabel, Ohio 7 H. Anthony, Ohio 6 S. Manker, Ohio 5 D. Roberts, Ohio 5 D. Wright, Ind 5 G. McFatridge, Ind 1 M. Kalb, Ohio 0

CLASS B L % 1 84.9 2 82.6 4 81.3 4 78.2 5 80.0 6 81.0

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7 78.6 7 77.2 7 74.3 8 74.1 9 75.1

10 73.0 10 72.1 10 70.2 14 61.1 15 54.5

C. Bruce, Penna 11 0 77.7 J. Burns, Tenn 10 1 72.5 L. Rose, Ohio 8 3 64.5 G. Grubb, Ind 6 5 66.8 G. Riffle, Ohio 6 5 64.1 J. Pillion, Ohio 5 6 61.8 G. Mason, Mich 5 6 60.5 R. Harrold, Mich 5 6 60.4 R. Miller, Ohio 3 8 62.8 L. Mullins, Ind 3 8 57.9 C. Ryan, Ohio 2 9 58.2 D. Knotts, Ohio 2 9 57.3

CLASS C — A. Copeland, Ohio, 7-0-72.8; D. Carpenter, Ind., 6-1-65.2; R. Rambo, Ind., 5-2-55.9; F. Collins, Ohio, 4-3-64.7; Z. Campbell, Ohio, 3-4-58.6; M. Banister, Ohio, 2-5-50.0; R. Kuchcinski, Ohio, Forfeit; C. Andrews, Ind., Forfeit.

CLASS D — J. Ostrander, Mich., 6-1-74.6; K. Kugler, Ohio, 5-2-66.2; R. Thornburg, Ind., 5-2-61.7; J. Lenard, Mich., 4-3-62.5; T. Norwood, Tenn., 4-3-58.7; J. Boesch, Ohio, 2-5-53.6; G. Miller, Ohio, 1-6-52.4; R. Slocum, Ohio, 1-6-45.8. Classes E through O, were rained out.

CLASS P — E. Waggoner, Ohio, 5-0-45.6; T. McEldoney, Ohio, 3-2-42.3; R. Fults, 111., 3-2-38.1; R. Darnold, Mich., 2-3-36.6; R. Futrell, Ohio, 1-4-37.3; F. Smith, Ohio, 1-4-29.7.

CLASS Q — G. Mitchel, Ohio, 5-0-43.2; L. Dearinger, Ind., 4-1-37.3; J. St. Myers, Ind., 3-2-34.2; W. Robinette, Ohio, 2-3-19.1; J. Howell, Ohio, 1-4-24.0; R. Mattix, Ohio, 0-5-22.9.

CLASS R — R. Whitesel, Ind., 5-0-44.8; H. Hudson, Ind., 3-2-31.7; A. Davis, Ohio, 3-2-25.8; V. Varvel, Ohio, 2-3-33.3; M. Longendelpher, Ohio, 2-3-27.3; W. Cramer Jr., Ohio, 0-5-18.0.

CLASS S — W. Adams, Ind., 4-1-39.5; K. Waggoner, Ohio, 3-2-35.7; R. Williams, Ohio, 3-2-31.6; J. Hankins, Ky., 3-2-27.6; W. Pitsenbarger, Ohio, 2-3-20.4; F. Herring, Mich., 0-5-16.8.

CLASS T — W. Gilbert, Ind., 4-1-37.5; D. Campbell, Mich., 4-1-45.4; L. Peek, Ohio, 3-2-32.6; A. Seaver, Ind., 3-2-27.6; W. James, Ohio, 1-4-23.0; G. Mc-Dowell, Ohio, 0-5-25.4.

CLASS U — G. Loy, Ohio, 5-0-25.5; J. Nunemaker, Ind., 3-2-25.4; H. John-ston, Ohio, 3-2-25.1; H. Varvel, Ohio, 2-3-25.0; C. R. Haworth, Ohio, 2-3-21.3; F. Corbert, Penna., 0-5-09.0. Class T was decided by total points, all other classes decided by Ringer percentage.

CLASS A — WOMEN — R. Hangen, New York, 7-0-61.8; K. Harrison, Ohio, 6-1-47.8; O. Corbett, Penna., 5-2-35.8; D. Southward, Ohio, 4-3-29.4; A. Brown, Ohio, 3-4-25.0; J. Reno, Ohio, 2-5-14.8; S. Gillispie, Ind., Forfeit.

CLASS B — WOMEN Thornburg, Ind., 1-2-14.0.

C. Loy, Ind., 3-0-28.1; J. Reno, Ohio, 2-1-20.7; N.


Ringer Classic Open — (Continued) GIRLS — C. Cool, Ohio, 5-0-18.1; C. Melling, Ohio, 4-1-09.0; L. Harrison,

Ohio, 3-2-03.5; P. Melling, Ohio, 2-3-03.8; N. Melling, Ohio, 1-4-03.7. CLASS A — JR. BOYS — P. Day, Ind., 3-0-67.3; J. Anthony, Ohio, 2-1-57.7;

D. Riffle, Ohio, 1-2-47.0; T. J. Cool, Ohio, 0-3-34.9. CLASS B — JR. BOYS — R. Turner, OhOio, 5-0-11.6; J. Fults, 111., 3-2-15.1;

D. Riffle, Ohio, 3-2-09.4; P. Fleenor, Ind., 2-3-09.4; J. Varvel, Ind., 2-3-10.1.

Santa Barbara — Southern California SEMANA NAUTICA OPEN

W L % W L % J. Gonzales, San Luis Op. 9 1 72.0 F. Esperanza, Oxnard .. .. 3 4 60.0 R. Simmons, Norwalk ... . 8 2 70.9 S. Hilton, Burbank .. 3 4 53.8 E. Knorp, Goleta . 7 3 59.1 s. Puopulo, Baldwin Pk. 2 5 63.2 C. Cummins, Orcutt . 7 3 61.0 s. Ybarra, Santa Barb. .. .. 2 5 43.1 G Schneider, Rosemead ... . 5 2 74.0 E. Brown, Anaheim .. 1 6 61.4 W. Berg, Pasadena 5 2 55.7 F. Pearcy, La Habra ,,,, 1 6 53.5 J. Dawsey, Oxnard 4 3 68.7 H. Slagg, Ontario .. 1 6 40.9 W. Shipley, Alhambra ... . 4 3 50.0 R. Hart, Santa Maria .. .. 0 7 38.4

SEMANA NUTICA B OPEN W L % W L %

E. Knorp, Goleta 10 0 59.2 R. Hart, Santa Maria .... 3 4 45.6 C. Cummins, Orcutt 7 3 58.3 M. Jones, Long Beach .... 3 4 45.1 W. Shipley, Alhambra .... 8 2 44.8 A. Barnes, Santa Barbara 3 4 43.8 Mahlstedt, Thous. Oaks.. 6 4 46.7 S. Ybarra, Santa Barb 3 4 41.1 S. Hilton, Burbank 5 2 54.2 P. Charnow, Santa Barb. 2 5 36.5 H. Morse, Beaumont 4 3 54.0 B. Price, South Gate .... 1 6 38.9 S. Puopula, Baldwin Pk. 3 4 56.6 N. Smith, Culver City ... . 1 6 37.3 W. Berg, Pasadena 3 4 53.7

Stinson's Winning Ways Gains Him Kindred, N.D. Open Along with a high single game of 88 percent ringers, Frank Stinson of

Minneapolis, Minn, gained the Kindred, North Dakota Open championship in the annual meet staged in Kindred. It was the most successful meet ever staged there, Joe Anzaldi, of St. Paul, Minn, was runner-up.

CLASS A W L %

F. Stinson, Minn . 8 1 75.4 J. Anzaldi, Minn. ... 7 2 69.7 L. Dunker, So. Dak. . 6 3 70.9 G. Magnuson, Minn. 6 3 70.6 L. Schaarf, No. Dak. 6 3 63.3 A. Paglarini, Minn. , 5 4 68.2 G. Lykken, No. Dak. 4 5 66.8 C. Bestul, Wis 2 7 59.7 A. Holter, Minn 1 8 59.8 A. Engebretson, No. Dak. 0 9 53.9

CLASS B W L %

H. Peterson, No. Dak. .... 9 0 64.7 W. Rislov, No. Dak . 7 2 59.2 W. Wiger, No. Dak. .... 7 2 56.9 P. Kveback, No. Dak. .... 6 3 53.2 B. Lybeck, No. Dak .... 5 4 55.8 L. Bockes, Minn 4 5 50.9 J. Johnson, Minn .... 4 5 48.2 E. Hamry, No. Dak .... 2 7 40.6 C. Oswald, Minn .... 1 8 39.1 M. Enderson, So. Dak. .... Forfeit

CLASS C —-E. Zimmerman, Minn., 8-1-52.8; C. Danzeison, No. Dak., 7-2-48.4; A. L. Moran, Minn., 5-4-43.3; W. Myhre, No. Dak., 5-4-41.6; R. Beem, No. Dak., 4-5-45.3; N. Kroening, Minn., 4-5-39.7; H. Sanden, No. Dak., 4-5-38.0; R. Haakenson, No. Dak., 3-6-36.7; A. Wentzel, Minn., 3-6-28.7; J. Larsen, Minn., 2-7-35.6.


Stinson's Winning — (Continued) CLASS D — R. Fuller, Minn., 8-1-44.5; A. Workin, No. Dak., 7-2-46.8; F.

Preston, No. Dak., 6-3-46.0; R. Rheault, No. Dak., 6-3-44.5; W. Luhman, Minn., 5-4-41.1; H. Jallen, No. Dak., 5-4-41.0; H. Rensvold, Minn., 3-6-35.6; N. Liudahl, No. Dak., 2-7-37.6; C. Lofgren, Minn., 2-7-30.7; H. McDonald, Minn., 1-8-30.7.

CLASS E — G. Rheault, No. Dak., 5-2-37.2; W. Bratland, No. Dak., 5-2-36.9 L. Arndt, No. Dak., 4-3-38.9; A. Agre, Minn., 3-4-36.1; W. Arndt, No. Dak., 3-4-34.3; G. Gronneberg, No. Dak., 3-4-33.4; J. Jacobson, No. Dak., 3-4-29.0; L. Bratland, No. Dak., 2-5-34.3.

CLASS F — H Vanzyl, Minn., 7-0-50.6; R. Crawford, Iowa, 6-1-36.0; R. Arndt, Minn., 5-1-39.5; J. Engh, No. Dak., 4-3-35.6; B. Kenady, No. Dak., 3-4-34.3; E. Svenkerud, Minn., 1-6-30.6; J. Milton, No. Dak., 1-6-24.8; K. Knight, No. Dak., 1-6-22.5.

CLASS G — J. Taylor, No. Dak., 6-1-42.8; H. Schulz, Minn., 6-1-37.3; J. Myhre, No. Dak., 5-2-36.2; G. Haugen, No. Dak., 3-4-37.0; D. Sachariason, Minn., 3-4-34.3; C. Trottier, No. Dak., 3-4-26.4; W. Olson, No. Dak., 1-6-29.2; A. Hendrickson, Minn., 1-6-26.7.

CLASS H — H Frey, Minn., 6-1-32.7; M. Myhre, No. Dak., 5-2-34.7; W. Graff, No. Dak., 5-2-27.9; M. Brown, No. Dak., 4-3-27.9; D. Gronneberg, No. Dak., 3-4-22.9; M. Arndt, Minn., 2-5-23.5; J. Trottier, No. Dak., 2-5-18.6; N. Ihli, No. Dak., 1-6-21.9.

CLASS I — R. Lee, No. Dak., 3-0-37.0; D. Nellermoe, No. Dak., 2-1-21.3; P. Wentzel, Minn., 1-2-20.6; S. Graff, No. Dak., 0-3-19.0.

Ira Jensen In Clean Victory In Fort Peck, Montana Open Ira Jensen had 8 straight victories to win the annual Fort Peck Open

championship held on the Kiwanis park courts in Fort Peck, Montana. Gordy Larson was runner-up with a 6-2 record.

CLASS C — Gene Trudell, 7-0-37.8; Maurice Wesen, 6-1-33.2; Bennie Es-chenbacker, 4-3-32.7; Peter Melle, 3-4-32.7; Ivan Cayko, 3-4-26.9; Bing Burns, 3-4-26.3; Chet Erickson, 2-5-28.3; D. C. Lawrence, 0-7-25.1.

CLASS D — Melvin Schara, 6-1-29.3; Bob Mustad, 5-2-29.9; Jerry Wiltfong, 5-2-29.2; Warren Rumsey, 4-3-28.9; Wm Busse, 3-4-24.4; Joel Amundson, 2-5-27.4; Jake Schock, 2-5-20.7; Tom Lund, 1-6-23.0.

CLASS E — Earl Wimmer, 6-1-26.7; Dave Prescot, 5-2-27.4; Lin Wendell-paoch, 4-3-29.8; Gale Childers, 4-3-26.4; Terry Cayko, 4-3-26.2; Thos. A. Wag-ner, 2-5-21.5; Hallis Waller, 2-5-16.3; Vernon Scheer, 1-6-19.4.

CLASS F — Joe E. Wagner, 6-1-21.9; Russell Darr, 6-1-15.5; Carl Helm, 5-2-17.6; Milton Anderson, 5-2-21.3; Ervin Stohl, 3-4-18.4; Arnold Huether, 2-5-14.1; Ray Ordahl, 1-6-6.1; Ray Markley, 0-7-10.8.

CLASS A CLASS B Ira Jensen Gordon Larson Al (Cotton) Smith Herb Sand Al Black Henry Sand Olger Lunden Eugene Larsen Ivan Miller

W L % 8 0 50.2 Elmer Lee 6 2 46.4 Andy Stolen .... 6 2 42.1 Myron Waller 5 3 41.5 Irwin Ordahl

, 3 5 41.5 Ed Tompt 3 5 34.3 Murl Martin ..

, 2 6 34.5 Lester Nielsen , 2 6 32.9 Jake Thomsen

1 7 30.5

W L % 5 2 35.2 5 2 34.9 5 2 31.7 4 3 33.7 3 4 34.6 2 5 30.4 2 5 29.1

, 2 5 27.4


Annual Rock River Valley Open Tournament — Sept. 1 The 14th annual Rock River Valley Open tournament will be held on the

Lawrence park courts, midway between Rock Falls and Sterling, Illinois on Sept. 1. Qualifying will start on Sunday, August 31 from 2 P.M. until 8 P.M. and continuing on Monday from 8 A.M. until 10:30 A.M. Tournament play will start at 11:30 A.M.

The top 60 players will make up the tournament. There will be 12 players in each class being grouped into 6-men in each group, constituting Classes A, B, C, D, and E. CLASS A and B players MUST QUALIFY ON COURTS, all others may bring a qualifying score signed by a club member or officer, or they may qualify on the courts. Entry fee will be $4.00 with an additional fee for an extra 100 shoes, if time permits, of $2.00. Players may qualify twice on Sunday for the original $4.00 fee. Ellis Griggs of Plainville, Illinois is the defending champion.

There will be cash prizes for every pitcher, plus two trophies being awarded in each class. Also additional prizes of free dinners and prizes for high quali-fier. Les Long is the prompter with the assistance of the Sterling-Rock Falls club. Wilma Long and Mary Wuebben will be the official scorers and Bill Portner will be the official judge.

The annual Northwestern Illinois tournament will also be held on these same courts on Saturday, August 30. Qualifying on Saturday morning, with tournament starting at 1 P.M. Boundary line for this meet is north to the Wisconsin line, west to the Iowa line and 60 miles east and south. Bob An-derson Sr., is the defending champion.

Mel Ristau Claims San Jose (No. Calif) B Title J. Demuth, Sacramento (71 years young) wins Group li

Mel Ristau of Santa Rosa lost his first game in the San Jose Class B divi-sion of the San Jose Class B & D tourney on 15 June, then put his game to-gether for 6 straight wins and the big payoff. Ristau, who has been a profes-sional baseball player, is a new No. Calif member and with a 54.7% tournament under his belt, will be reckoned with in future Class A tournaments. George Chickenoff, pitching in his 3rd tourney of the year, jumped from a 39% effort in the Los Gatos Class C to a fine 50.2% performance to place second to fel-low club member Ristau. Chuck Sampson of San Jose, lost a close game to Ristau and wound up 3rd with 5 wins in 7 games.

In the Class B, Group II division, James Demuth, the "young" (71 year's) pitcher from Sacramento, won three straight games to cop the trophy. He was happy as a school boy and his opponents agreed he pitched like one!

In the Class D division of the tournament, John Larson of Santa Rosa won 6 straight games in a double 4-man round-robin to close out a fine day for the Santa Rosa pitchers. Complete results are as follows:

SAN JOSE CLASS B AND D GROUP I

W L % M. Ristau, Santa Rosa .... 6 1 54.7 G. Chickenoff, Santa Rosa.. 5 2 50.2 C. Sampson, San Jose .... 5 2 48.0 K. Ludlow, Los Gatos .... 4 3 47.9 N. Boronda, Arroyo Viejo 3 4 43.2 L. Pitney, Seaside 2 5 41.4 A. Gates, Seaside 2 5 41.4 F. Westbrook, Vallejo .... 2 5 36.9

GROUP II W L %

J. Demuth, Sacramento .... 3 0 46.9 V. Mauricio, San Jose .... 2 1 38.0 P. Quintana, Vallejo 1 2 39.G J. Hodson. Modesto 0 3 36.1

CLASS D W L %

J. Larson, Santa Rosa .... 6 0 36.0 B. Blow, Livermore 3 3 24.1 E. Holley, Mosswood 3 3 21.5 A. Mulder (Pacer) Golden Gate


Potts Winner In "Open-To-The-World" Kan. Open Meet Kansas state champion, Merlin Potts of Leonardville, reeled off 10 straight

ringers early in the match to open a substantial lead and proceeded to blast Ray Cavin of St. Joseph, Mo., 50-28 in the championship match of the Open-to-the-World Horseshoe Championship at Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas.

Because of the heat and number of competitors, Class A competition was broken down into two divisions. Potts, the top qualifier, and Cavin, fourth best, won their respective divisions with perfect 7-0 marks and advanced to the finals.

Topeka's best finisher in the tournament was Alvin Gandy, who won four of seven matches for seventh in Class A. Frank Knouft, also of Topeka, went 3-4 for 11th.

Following Potts and Cavin was a trio of Mulvane pitchers. Maurice Tam-bouer, 10-time state champion, Vernon Valdois and Roger Branine, all of Mul-vane, took the next three places. Branine is only 17.

The tournament attracted 60 entries. CLASS A — Merlin Potts, Leonardville, 8-0; Ray Cavin, St. Joseph, Mo.,

7-1; Maurice Tambouer, Mulvane, 6-1; Vernon Valdois, Mulvane, 5-2; Roger Branine, Mulvane, 5-2; Harold Darnold, Burlington, Iowa, 4-3; Alvin Gandy, Topeka, 4-3; Ernie Danielson, Burlington, Iowa, 4-3; Lilford Pinion, Stewarts-ville, Mo., 3-4; Marvin Rebeis, Douglas, 3-4; Frank Knouft, Topeka, 3-4.

CLASS B — Schendel, Baldwin, 7-1; Drum, Baldwin, 6-2; Webb, Russell, 5-2; Graham, Topeka, 4-3.

CLASS C — English, Topeka, 6-1; Moritz, Lamar, Mo., 5-2; Powell, Garden City, 5-2; Sierns, Pickerell, Neb., 4-3.

CLASS D — Derrick, Highland, 5-0; Bill Johnson, Beatrice, Neb., 3-2; Kern, Topeka, 3-2.

CLASS F — Bob Johnson, Beatrice, 4-1; Kasper, Newton, 4-1; Booe, Atchi-son, 3-2.

CLASS F — Voelker, Atchison, 5-0; Branine, Mulvane, 4-1; Ens, Newton,

CLASS G — Payne, Olathe, 4-1; Outt, Olatne, 3-2; Ortiz, Topeka, 3-2. CLASS H —- Aurthor, Atchison, 3-0; Clark, Garden City, 2-1.

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K. Smith Winner In Canadian Spring Meet In Ontario The Canadian National Horseshoe Players Association Spring tournament

was held at Wellesley, Ontario on Saturday, June 12 with sixty-four players participating. This tournament was unique in that for the first time in Canada, a new scoring system, patterned after golf and bowling practice, was intro-duced. This system eliminates point scoring and the winner is determined by the handicap system after fifty shoes are thrown in each game. Ringers only count and each player takes full credit for every ringer pitched — there is no cancellation. The main feature of the new system is that the average player is given a better opportunity to beat out the top players thus creating a far more competitive sport. However, in this type of scoring there are two win-ners, the highest true ringer average and the highest handicap winner. Tro-phies and prizes were presented to:

TRUE RINGER WINNERS %

K. Smith, Moncton 67.7 G. Schummer, Toronto 61.4 A. Harburn, St. Marys 58.3 C. Neeb, Wellesley 58.0 L. Markle, Hamilton 56.6 B. Smith, Monkton 55.4

HANDICAP WINNERS B. C. A. C. R.

% Smith, Monkton 55.4 Lentz, Ancaster 52.5 Sorrell, St. Catharines 52.5 Kerr, Goderich 41.4 Noble, Melbourne 40.2

G. Fitzsimmons, Willowdale 39.7 S. Cosstick, Milverton 37.1 L. Shognosh, Wallaceburg 33.1 M. Lichty, Waterloo 25.4

"Doc11 Maison Cops Michigan's Water Wonderland Title Gerald "Doc" Maison, Warren, Michigan, copped the class A title at the

sixth annual Water Wonderland N.H.P.A. National Open, staged at Burr Oak, Michigan, June 14th and 15th.

Despite a loss to Bob Williams, Cement City, Michigan. Maison won 6 games in impressive fashion, to win undisputed first place honors.

James Ostrander Sr., Lansing and Williams tied for second place with 5 games won and 2 lost. Ostrander was awarded second on the basis of a higher ringer percentage.

An unusual and unique situation developed in class B, when Norris Shepard, Flint, Norbert Nelson, Hartford and Jack Gillan, Burr Oak, all tied for first place with 6 wins and 1 loss.

Shepard drew a bye, while Nelson defeated Gillan in the first round of the play off. Shepard then pitched a fine 69% game to eliminate Nelson.

Another note of interest was a fine 98 shoe game that was pitched between Willy Preston, Battle Creek and the local Burr Oak tosser, Gillan. Both pitched well over 50% and it was one of the better pitched class B games in recent history of the Michigan State Association.

CLASS A CLASS B-l

G. Maison, Mich w L % W L % . 6 1 71.3 N. Shephard, Mich 6 1 53.3 , 5 2 69.8 N. Nelson, Mich 6 1 54.3

5 2 67.3 J. Gillan, Mich 6 1 50.2 4 3 63.2 W. Preston, Mich 3 4 53.5

, 3 4 64.5 P. Smith, Mich. 3 4 47.9 2 5 58.2 B. Jones, Mich 2 5 44.1

. 2 5 54.9 V. Snyder, Mich ,. 2 5 42.8 1 6 57.5 G. Cowell, Mich ... , 0 7 32.8

CLASS B-2 — D. Mohney, Mich., 4-2; F. Borgert, Mich., 3-3; H. Miller, Ind., 3-3; D. Campbell, Mich., 2-4.

CLASS C-l — P. Schafer, Mich., 4-1; E. Root, Mich., 3-2; D. Wolfe, Mich., 3-2; S. Swarthout, Mich., 2-3; D. Gillin, Ohio, 2-3; A. Kerr, Mich., 1-4.


BiDoc" Maison Cops — (Continued) CLASS C-2 — R. Darnold, Mich., 4-1; D. Gillin, Ohio, 3-2; J. Compton, Mich.,

2-3; S. Swarthout, Mich., 2-3; A. Kerr, Mich., 2-3; W. Floch, Mich., 2-3. CLASS D-l — L. Hirschman, Mich., 4-1; H. Landon, Mich., 4-1; J. Compton,

Mich., 3-2; N. Dolbee, Mich., 1-4; R. Darnold, Mich., 3-2; R. Gest, Mich., 0-5. CLASS D-2 — A. Tilford, Mich., 5-0; D. Terhune, Mich., 3-2; B. Hanna,

Mich., 2-3; H. Johnston, Mich., 2-3; S. Surridge, Mich., 2-3; F. Smith, Mich., 1-4. CLASS E-l — M. Steible, Mich., 5-0; D. Drake, Mich., 4-1; P. Hackman,

Mich., 3-2; E. Hammond, Mich., 1-4; F. Dickinson, Mich., 1-4; D. Gest, Mich., 1-4.

CLASS E-2 — I. Pasch, Mich., 4-1; B. Stephan, Mich., 4-1; L. Buckner, Mich., 4-1; F. Herring, Mich., 2-3; G. Kimball, Mich., 1-4; W. Hudgins, Mich., 1-4.

JUNIOR BOYS — M. Seibold, Ind., 5-0; F. Smith Jr., Mich., 3-2; P. Seibold. Ind., 3-2; N. Smith, Mich., 3-2; B. Smith, Mich., 1-4; D. Smith, Mich., 0-5.

WOMEN — R. Hammond, Mich., 2-1; B. Seibold, Ind., 2-1; D. Compton, Mich., 1-2; I. Surridge, Mich., 1-2.

Shriver Wins Mountaineer Open At Beckley, W. Va. Howard Shriver, Wadestown, W. Va., tied Donald Marshall, Mabscott, W.

Va., and Cindy Dean, McGaheysville, Va., in regular play in the Mountaineer Classic held at New River Park in Beckley, West Virginia.

In the sudden death play-off, Marshall defeated Dean 51-23 with 51 ringers out of 68 shoes. Then Shriver defeated Marshall 50-38 with 47 ringers out of 70 shoes and took 1st prize of $100.00 and trophy.

Class A was won by Jackson Barber, Ghent, W. Va. Ed. Slaven took second place by winning a three-way play-off over L. E. Lucas, Beckley, W. Va., and Herman Torrence, Lynchburg, Va.

Class B was a clean sweep by Ronald Wilson, Beckley, W. Va. With second place going to Bob Baker, Ronceverte, W. Va.

Cindy Dean, the only lady in the tournament dazzled most of the men in the Championship Division and won third place honors with 63.6 percent ave-age.

Total cash given in the tournament was $340.00. Tournament was directed by Ray Cline and sponsored by Tri-County H.S.

Club and Beckley Recreation Department. Ellis Cobb, of Aurora, Illinois and editor of the News Digest, paid a sur-

prise visit to the tournament. He made many nice comments on the tourna-ment.

CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION W L % H. Shriver, W. Virginia .. .. 7 2 68.1

D. Marshall, W. Virginia 7 2 67.4 C. Dean, Virginia 7 2 63.6 D. Pugh, W. Virginia .. .. 6 3 63.0 B. Dean, Virginia 5 4 63.9 T. Ballowe, Virginia .. 5 4 57.9 O. Burnette, Virginia .... .. 3 6 58.5 M. May, Virginia .. 3 6 58.4 E. Edwards, W. Virginia 2 7 57.8 H. Barnett, W. Virginia .. 0 9 42.3

CLASS A W L %

J. Barber, W. Virginia .... 4 1 51.6 E. Slaven, W. Virginia .... 3 2 50.6 L. Lucas, W. Virginia .... 3 2 51.9 H. Torrence, Virginia .... 3 2 44.8 R. Cline, W. Virginia 2 3 51.9 B. Vaughan, W. Virginia 0 5 27.6

CLASS B — R. Wilson, W. Virginia, 4-0-47.3; B. Baker, W. Virginia, 3-1-43.4; R. Barnett, W. Virginia, 2-2-32.9; M. Young, Virginia, 1-3-33.8; R. Frazier, W. Virginia, 0-4-11.6.


Wetherbee Victor In Albuquerque,, N. M. Los Altos Open CLASS A CLASS B

W L % J. Beebe, Colorado 7 1 44.3

R. Trottier, New Mexico . .5 3 52.6 0. Henson, New Mexico .... 6 2 45.6 P. D. Riley, New Mexico . .5 3 58.3 E. Tiilakainen, Colorado.. 5 3 45.5 T. Towne, New Mexico .... 4 4 50.8 E. Fleck, New Mexico .... 5 3 43.4

L % 0 71.6 3 52.6 3 58.3 4 50.8 4 48.3 4 46.3 5 54.9 5 53.7 8 36.8

J. Robertson, New Mexico 4 4 48.3 J. Gibbs, New Mexico 5 3 34.7 L. Bressan, New Mexico .... 4 4 46.3 R. McNutt, Colorado 3 5 40.7 T. Roney, Colorado 3 5 54.9 P. Martin, New Mexico .... 3 5 38.8 G. Watson, Colorado 3 5 53.7 G. Williams, New Mexico.. 2 6 31.3 I. Carl, Colorado 0 8 36.8 B. Sweatman, New Mexico 0 8 27.4

CLASS C — J. Bustos, New Mexico, 7-1-36.2; R. McNutt, Colorado, 6-2-41.6; F. Romero, New Mexico, 6-2-35.5; R. McCharen, New Mexico, 5-3-37.2; J. Ver-non, New Mexico, 4-4-35.5; R. Vigil, New Mexico, 3-5-28.7; M. Henson, New Mexico, 3-5-24.8; S. Trottier, North Dakota, 1-7-27.8; R. Thompson, New Mex-ico, 1-7-25.1.

CLASS D — N. Lujan, New Mexico, 4-0-28.0; V. Kimmick, New Mexico, 3-1-27.7; L. Franken, New Mexico, 2-2-27.3; C. Mayes, New Mexico, 1-3-19.9; R. Neher, Colorado, 0-4-16.7.

CLASS E — D. Hanes, New Mexico, 4-0-25.0; L. Marney, New Mexico, 3-1-23.6; B. Johnston, New Mexico, 2-2-10.6; F. Grey, New Mexico, 1-3-13.5; T. Conner, New Mexico, 0-4-14.3.

Thomas Winner In North Carolina Ass'n Tournament Woody Thomas of High Point, North Carolina, after setting the high qualify-

ing record of 86 ringers and 270 points for 100 shoes, continued on to win the Winston-Salem, N.C. Recreation Dept. tournament, held in that city. Gurney York was runner-up. Ed Austin topped Bill Lankford 50-28 for Class B honors.


W. Thomas, High Point .... 6 1 67.6 E. Austin, Burlington .... 4 1 53.9 G. York, Harmony 5 2 65.8 Lankford, Winston-Salem.. 4 1 53.7 J. Scotten, High Point .... 4 3 65.7 F. Dunlap, High Point .... 3 2 54.2 G. Moore, Burlington 3 4 62.9 D. Douglas, Statesville .... 2 3 55.2 A. Waggoner, Sparta 3 4 62.1 F. Thomas, Randleman .... 2 3 50.5 D. Eller, Thomasville 2 5 62.1 M. Wolf, Liberty 0 5 48.4 Lunsford, Winston-Salem.. 2 4 59.5 H. Hester, Winston-Salem 2 4 53.8

CLASS C — D. Stinson, Durham, 4-1-51.5; P. Seagraves, Greensboro, 4-1-50.0; M. Butner, Rural Hall, 4-1-46.1; J. Coble, Mebane, 2-3-46.1; C. Lankford, Winston-Salem, 1-4-42.8; J. Terry, Rural Hall, 0-5-35.9. Three way tie for first; Stinson was awarded bye for high percentage. Pete Seagraves defeated But-ner 52-27. Stinson defeated Seagraves for championship 51-19.

CLASS D — G. Jones, Statesville, 4-1-48.2; B. Gibby, Gastonia, 4-1-51.2; K. Sexton, Sparta, 3-2-42.2; R. McCoy, Statesville, 3-2-44.7; J. Osborne, Union Grove, 1-4-33.6; R. Lawson, King, 0-5-11.0.

CLASS E — R. Douglas, Statesville, 3-0-40.1; D. Austin, Burlington, 2-0-38.8; L. Hines, Winston-Salem, 1-1-35.8; J. Sexton, Sparta, 1-2-31.7; J. Mathis, Ad-vance, 0-2-33.3; J. J. Gillespie, Winston-Salem, 0-2-21.8.

CLASS F — G. Hill, Winston-Salem, 2-0-40.8; L. Brendle, Winston-Salem, 2-0-30.9; D. Poole, High Point, 0-2-23.8; R. Seagraves, Greensboro, 0-2-17.5.


Stinson Puts Bite On Paglarini For Red River Valley Title Frank Stinson's 80.8 percent ringer accuracy in the playoff game subdued

Andy Paglarini for the Red River Valley tournament championship at the Oak Grove Park courts in Fargo, North Dakota.

It was the second title in three years for the Minneapolis pitcher, who hit 42 ringers in 52 shoes in the battle against Paglarini, of Hibbing, Minnesota.

Stinson swept to seven successive victories in his division, averaging 71.5 per cent ringers. Paglarini, in search of his first title here, averaged 70.9 while charting seven wins in his division. Stinson's division victories included 70 per cent or more ringers in the last five games. It was his second area championship, having won the Kindred Open last month.

Leigh Dunker, of Warner, S.D., was runnerup to Stinson in the first division with a 6-1 record. Gust Magnuson of Canby, Minn., took third.

Curt Bestul of Eau Claire, Wis., captured second place in the second divi-sion with a 6-1 mark followed by Lee Sharff of Jamestown.

Carl West of St. Paul posted a 6-1 record to win in Class A. Gene Ehresman of Aberdeen was second with 6-1 and 47.7. Kermit Nestegard of Minot placed third.

Jim Aleckson of Princeton, Minn., fired 56.8 per cent ringers to go unbeaten in seven games in Class B competition.

Henry Wisness of Fargo gained second in Class B with a 6-1 mark. Desmond Laabs of Oconomowoc, Wis., took third.

CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 1 DIVISION 2

W L % W L % F. Stinson, Minn 7 0 71.5 A. Paglarini, Minn 7 0 70.9 L. Dunker, So. Dakota .... 6 1 65.0 C. Bestul, Wisconsin 6 1 62.6 G. Magnuson, No. Dakota 4 3 62.9 L. Sharff, No. Dakota .... 4 3 60.9 D. Schaunaman, So. Dak. 4 3 62.8 P. Kvebak, No. Dakota .... 3 4 55.6 W. Gullickson, Minn 3 4 54.2 W. Wiger, No. Dakota .... 3 4 55.2 W. Rislo, No. Dakota 2 5 54.0 A. Engebretson, No. Dak. 2 5 54.2 A. Erickson, Minn 2 5 49.1 J. Yernberg, Minn 2 5 49.5 R. Haakenson, Minn 0 7 44.8 G. Paulson, So. Dakota .... 1 6 45.4

CLASS A — C. West, St. Paul, 6-1-50.0; G. Ehresman, Aberdeen, 6-1-47.7; K. Nestegard, Minot, 4-3-47.9; D. Siebert, Clements, 4-3-44.0; J. Johnson, Min-neapolis, 3-4-47.3; A. Moran, Minneapolis, 3-4-43.6; J. Larson, Moorhead,1-6-37.0; W. Myhre, Fargo, 1-6-29.9.

CLASS B — J. Aleckson, Princeton, 7-0-56.8; H. Wisness, Fargo, 6-1-46.6; D. Laabs, Wisconsin, 4-3-43.5; B. Winterhalter, Minneapolis, 3-4-37.8; F. Pres-ton, T. City, 2-5-41.4; R. Rheault, Horace, 2-5-40.7; H. Benson, Hibbing, 2-5-36.9; H. Rensvold, Moorhead, 2-5-36.2.

CLASS C — H. Jallen, Fargo, 6-1-40.6; M. Gronneberg, Hannaford, 5-2-41.6; W. Arndt, Fargo, 5-2-37.7; G. Magnuson, Moorhead, 5-2-34.3; L. Bratland, Sheldon, 3-4-36.1; V. Bratland, Sheldon, 3-4-29.2; R. Beem, Sheldon, 1-6-35.9; R. Gullickson, Moorhead, 0-7-21.8.

CLASS D —- H. VanZyl, Montevideo, 6-1-41.3; H. Sanden, Luverne, 5-2-41.8; E. Turner, Ada., 5-2-39.4; N. Luidahl, Davenport, 4-3-35.2; A. Wentzel, Fergus Falls, 3-4-30.1; K. Knight, Fargo, 2-5-31.2; H. Frey, Minneapolis, 2-5-29.7; J. Milton, McLeod, 1-6-25.1.

CLASS E — H. Schultz, Montevideo, 5-2-38.3; S. Andrews, Montevideo, 5-2-35.8; N. Birkeland, Maynard, 4-3-41.6; G. Sandquist, Watertown, 4-3-38.1; B. Arndt, Ortonville, 3-4-32.7; H. Hoff, Fargo, 3-4-30.3; B. Olson, W. Fargo, 2-5-27.3; S. Trottier, 2-5-28.9.


Stinson Puts Bite — (Continued) CLASS F — A. Agre, Montevideo, 6-1-36.6; J. Black, Fargo, 5-2-32.6; D.

D. Tiegs, Ortonville, 5-2-32.4; D. Bakerberg, Ortonville, 4-3-30.0; D. Bennett, Fargo, 3-4-28.2; H. McDonald, Moorhead, D. Wiger, Fargo, 2-5-28.2; D. John-son, Hibbing, Forfeit.

CLASS G —- R. Buckmiller, Bowden, 6-1-27.7; L. Hammond, Fargo, 6-1-24.3; P. Melby, Moorhead, 6-1-23.4; W. Bakerberg, Ortonville, 3-3-24.9; L. Miller, Fargo, 3-4-12.9; P. Wentzel, Fergus Falls, 2-5-20.0; J. Trottier, Fargo, 2-5-16.7; M. Arndt, Ortonville, 0-7-16.7.

CLASS H — E. Svenkerud, Moorhead, 3-0-34.3; D. Adamson, Fargo, 2-1-28.8; R. Clouse, Fargo, 1-2-16.5; E. Svenkerud, Moorhead, 0-3-12.0.

JUNIOR DIVISION CLASS A — S. West, St. Paul, 5-0-56.9; K. Rheault, Horace, 4-1-38.9; D.

Bestul, Wisconsin, 3-2-36.0; E. Sandquist, Watertown, 2-3-35.2; B. Germaine, Fargo, 1-4-24.4; B. Rheault, Horace, 1-4-24.4.

CLASS B — B. Eckberg, Ortonville, 6-1-25.2; G. Bakerberg, Ortonville, 6-1-27.0; B. Stone, Moorhead, 5-2-21.6; R. Rheault, Horace, 4-3-25.0; G. Benshoff, Ortonville, 3-4-13.7; D. Yernberg, St. Paul, 2-5-13.2; D. Powers, Moorhead, 2-5-10.8; R. Overby, Wisconsin, 0-7-2.7.

CLASS C — L. Lybeck, Alexandria, 4-0-32.3; A. Sandquist, Watertown, 3-1-16.8; C. Sandquist, Watertown, 2-2-19.1; T. Gullickson, Moorhead, 1-3-5.8; T. Savageau, Horace, 0-4-4.9.

WOMEN'S DIVISION — A. Bosek, Alexandria, 3-1-31.3; E. Ehresman, Ab-erdeen, 3-1-24.8; M. Freitag, Alexandria, 2-2-24.0; L. Lybeck, Alexandria, 2-2-22.9; L. Adamson, Fargo, 0-4-3.3.

Dr. Berman Uses 5-0 "Prescription" to Win Rosselet Memorial Open Crown At Elizabeth, New Jersey

CLASS A W L %

Dr. Berman, New Jersey.. 5 0 59.1 J. Giddes, New Jersey .... 4 1 60.7 W. Kolb, New Jersey 2 3 47.4 V. Yannetti, New Jersey 2 3 46.0 R. Bishe, New Jersey 2 3 45.5 L. Davis, New Jersey 0 5 44.0

CLASS B W L %

R. Sutton, New York 4 1 43.0 P. Zozzaro, New Jersey .... 4 1 38.0 W. Herrmann, New Jersey 3 2 37.7 D. Eberhart, New Jersey 2 3 36.3 R. Vogel, New Jersey .... 1 4 35.9 T. Young, New Jersey .... 1 4 33.5

CLASS C — R. Hart, New Jersey, 6-1-40.4; J. Segotta Sr., New Jersey, 6-1-34.2; R. Peterson, New Jersey, 5-2-36.5; J. Werle, New York, 5-2-35.5; J. Don-ovan, New Jersey, 3-4-30.5; B. Lubas, New Jersey, 2-5-26.4; V. Christel, New Jersey, 1-6-22.2; C. Hockman, New Jersey, 0-7-23.0. Hart beat Segotta in playoff game.

CLASS D — H. Schmidt, New Jersey, 5-2-27.3; G. Van Dorn, New Jersey, 5-2-23.5; J. Tripodi, New Jersey, 5-2-17.5; C. P. Italia, 5-2-15.7; A. Castellano, New Jersey, 4-3-15.5; A. Price, New Jersey, 2-5-15.2; D. Potto, New Jersey, 1-6-12.5; F. Torma, New Jersey, 1-6-8.0. Schmidt and Van Dorn tied in a four man playoff, then Schmidt beat Van Dorn for first place.

CLASS E — R. Coleman, New Jersey, 7-0-23.1; J. Angel, New Jersey, 5-2-17.6; A. Bullivant, New Jersey, 5-2-17.6; L. Bennett, New Jersey, 4-3-16.3; P. Puglise, New Jersey, 4-3-13.8; J. Segotta Jr., New Jersey, 2-5-7.9; V. Jadelis, New Jersey, 1-6-15.2; F. Briskie, New Jersey, 0-7-2.7.


Robertson Invitational — Clovis, New Mexico Recently Joe Robertson (New Mexico Champion 1968) invited J. J. Woodson

(Texas 1968 Champion) and several others to Clovis, New Mexico — Joe's home — for a weekend of horseshoe pitching. Earlier Joe had gone to San Antonio where they finished in a tie and Woodson defeated Robertson in a play-off.

Woodson was beaten by Leo Bressan in the final round to force Woodson into a play-off where he was beaten by Robertson. Robertson then teamed with Bressan to capture the doubles title.

W L % J. Robertson, New Mexico 5 1 52.0 J. J. Woodson, Texas .... 5 1 49.3 R. Trottier, New Mexico 3 3 49.1 P. D. Riley, New Mexico.. 3 3 46.1

W L % L. Bressan, New Mexico 3 3 43.0 J. W. Cash, Texas 2 4 45.2 D. Hicks, New Mexico .... 0 6 25.6

DOUBLES RESULTS — J. Robertson—L. H. Bressan, Winner; J. J. Wood-son—J. W. Cash, Second; P. D. Riley—R. Trottier, Third.

Bill Glass New Champion Of Eau Claire, Wisconsin Open Despite the wet weather, Bill Glass of Vesper, Wisconsin came thru the 3rd

annual Eau Claire, Wisconsin Open with a 9 and 2 record to win the cham-pionship of that annual affair held in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Defending cham-pion, Frank Stinson, came in fourth, Curt Bestul was runner-up, Stinson had the highest single game percentage of 88.3.

Once again rain did interfere with our schedule but we were able to complete all but the last three of the five extra classes we added because of the large entry.

Our schedule was set up to handle sixty pitchers in classes A through G. We received ninety-four entries and decided to add five more classes with six men in a class. H and I played Sat. afternoon with F and G and the others were to play Sat. night after A and B finished their four games but at 6:30 P.M. everything was rained out. We started A and B at 8:00 A.M. Sun. and cut the games to 40 points. J, K and L were to follow them at 3:30 P.M. The weather was very threatening all day but A and B did finish on schedule and then it really began to rain so we were forced to cancel the last three classes.

With our large entry list coming from a six state area, it seems that our tournament is fast becoming one of the largest in the region.

CLASS A W L % B. Glass, Wis 9 2 69.1

C. Bestul, Wis 8 3 66.5 J. Stout, 111 7 4 68.3 F. Stinson, Minn 7 4 67.4 A. Holter, Minn 7 4 64.1 H. Darnald, Iowa 6 5 63.7 A. Paglarini, Minn 5 6 67.0 J. Anzaldi, Minn 5 6 63.7 S. Stensgaard, Minn 5 6 57.5 L. Frederickson, Minn 4 7 58.8 E. Danielson, Iowa 3 8 59.5 F. Kubly, Wis 0 11 54.8

CLASS B W L % J. Yernberg, Minn .... 10 2 55.9

W. Wiger, Dakota 9 3 60.3 B. Trollen, Wis 3 53.8 R. Simon, Wis , 8 3 52.1 T. Bartlen, Wis 7 4 64.2 B. Caucutt, Wis .... 6 5 49.7 N. Morrison, Minn 5 6 50.0 F. Manske, Minn 4 7 44.6 G. Gingras, Wis .... 4 7 44.1 C. Oswald, Minn .. 4 7 42.0 J. Johnson, Minn 2 9 41.1 M. Olson, Wis .... 0 11 32.8

CLASS C — B. Anderson, Wis., 7-0-55.1; R. Dykes, 111., 6-1-52.1; R. Tiili, Minn., 4-3-48.7; S. Bowman, Wis., 3-4-43.7; I. Kjellman, Minn., 3-4-37.1; N. Gossens, Wis., 2-5-49.1; W. Taylor, Wis., 2-5-40.9; L. Olfert, Minn., 1-6-38.3.

CLASS D — A. Erickson, Minn., 7-1-51.7; V. Schwanke, Wis., 6-2-45.1; P. Klawiter, Wis., 5-2-43.5; V. Luber, Wis., 5-2-42.8; J. Le Garde, Minn., 3-4-31.9; J. Olson, Wis., 2-5-32.8; L. Kanaly, So. Dakota, Forfeit; B. Martin, Wis., Forfeit.


Bill Glass New — (Continued) CLASS E — P. Smith, Wis., 7-1-47.0; M. Semingson, Wis., 6-2-47.6; H.

Benson, Minn., 5-2-45.8; K. Jevne, Wis., 4-3-45.6; A. Brouillette, Wis., 3-4-39.9; B. Phelan, Wis., 2-5-42.9; B. V. Boggart, Wis., 2-5-43.0; A. Johnson, Wis., 0-7-33.1.

CLASS F — A. Moran, Minn., 5-1-49.7; E. Larson, Minn., 4-2-41.3; H. Ander-son, Minn., 3-2-51.1; D. Laabs, Wis., 2-3-41.7; L. Sieg, Wis., 1-4-38.8; B. Laha, Wis., 1-4-35.0.

CLASS G — I. Borton, Wis., 5-0-47.2; L. Lipovsky, Minn., 4-1-54.7; G. Mason, Wis., 3-2-51.8; E. Eliason, Minn., 2-3-41.2; R. Wrucke, Wis., 1-4-47.5; D. Allen, Minn., 0-5-42.7.

CLASS H — I. Westlund, Minn., 5-0-47.2; H. Frey, Minn., 3-2-38.2; J. Com-ero, Wis., 3-2-37.1; D. Lipovsky, Minn., 2-3-36.4; A. Johnson, Wis., 2-3-32.4; F. Stankus, Wis., Forfeit.

CLASS I — L. Mattson, Wis., 5-0-35.3; V. Potter, Wis., 4-1-38.2; G. Nelson, Wis., 3-2-25.0; C. Lofgren, Minn., 2-3-18.1; J. Kanaly, So. Dakota, Forfeit.

CLASS J — Russ Hoover; Glen Sandguist; Ray Schilling; Ralph Crawford; Warren Hoff; Al Hendrickson.

CLASS K — Rudy Abrams; Harold Wendt; Al Riek; Stan Davis; Roy Ebert; Vern Powers.

CLASS L — Don Allen; John Brezina; James Shaw; Otis Sigler; Gomer Massie; Roger Jevne. Bill Glass New — (Continued)

Byron Hafner Winner In Dyersville, Iowa Tournament Byron Hafner, veteran ringer artist from Letts, Iowa, won the Class A

crown with an exciting 50 to 47 victory over defending champion Hugh Rogers of Cedar Falls. Byron also participated in the longest game, an 88 shoe match with Harold Hughes of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hugh Rogers had the top games of 71% and 72%. The tournament was plagued by rainy weather, which start-ed as the pitching was ready to get under way. The tournament was moved from the new 12 court layout to the local indoor courts and proceeded with 5 four man classes, with the out of town pitchers competing in the afternoon and the local pitchers making up a special B-2 class in the evening. The indoor facilities of the club were available through the generosity of one of the local pitchers, Jim Ruberty, the owner of the building, and long an enthusiast of the sport. The club has the use of the courts rent free. The layout consists of two blue clay courts with carpet on the floor. 12 ft. plus ceiling, and regulation pits set on the floor.


B. Hafner, Letts 3 0 64.3 J. Davis, Columbus Jet 3 0 57.7 H. Rogers, Cedar Falls .... 2 1 65.7 M. Blake, Letts 2 1 55.2 H. Hughes, Cedar Rapids 1 2 59.5 C. Bennett, Des Moines .... 1 2 42.4 F. Rogers, Waverly 0 3 42.4 O. Trimble, Cedar Rapids 0 3 45.7

CLASS B-2 — W. Wedewer, Dyersville, 3-0-56.7; L. Christoph, Dyersville, 1-2-31.3; E. Weber, Dyersville, 1-2-42.0; R. Reicher, Dyersville, 1-2-39.5.

CLASS C — H. Meister, Independence, 3-0-50.0; J. Rolwes, Farley, 2-1-38.9; G. Rutherford, Independence, 1-2-29.8; J. Meyers, Dyersville, 0-3-23.4.

CLASS D — B. Sproston, Mt. Vernon. 2-1-42.3; K. Sproston, Marion, 2-1-37.8; L. Hamand, Cedar Falls, 2-1-35.1; J. Brown, Des Moines, 0-3-21.0.


Ben Trollen Winner Of Wisconsin Kettle Moraine Event Ben Trollen of Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin came through in good shape to win

the first annual Kettle Moraine Festival tournament held in Eagle, Wisconsin, June 28-29. Meet was sponsored by the Eagle Volunteer Fire Dept., and Ameri-can Legion and the Eagle Horseshoe Club. Felix Kubly was the runner-up.

CLASS A — Ben Trollen, 7-1; Felix Kubly, 6-2; Wally Saeger, 5-2; Les Furrer, 4-3; Mel Janke, 3-4; Orine Uvelstad, 2-5; Tom Sherman, 1-6; Desmond Laabs, 1-6.

CLASS B — Fred Janke, 5-0; Ralph Raduechel, 3-2; Milton Mueller, 2-3; Thys Jones, 2-3; Randy Runquist, 2-3; Roy Raduechel, 1-4.

CLASS C — Harvey Wambold, 4-1; Wally Pip, 3-2; Jerry Lutz, 3-2; Norm Marks, 3-2; Dan Houk, 2-3; Harold Hauk, 0-5.

B. Fraser "Warms Up" — Wins Two (No. Calif.) Tourneys Bill Fraser of No. Calif Ass'n's Golden Gate Club had been in a slight slump

due to lack of practice time and had failed to qualify for some tourneys be-cause as Bill stated "It takes me 4 or 5 hours to really get my timing down and get "Warmed Up". On the morning of May 24th, Bill competed in the Los Gatos Club's "ALL COMERS TOURNAMENT" (an unofficial no-qualifying get-together), proceeded to "heat up", and emerged with 6 wins in 7 games to take the Group II trophy. That action over, Bill drove up to Ryland Park in San Jose (approximately 8 miles) and qualified for the San Jose NCHPA Class A evening tournament. Bill won this one too with a fine 63.3 ringer percentage, his best effort of the year! It seems very probable that Bill would win most of his tournaments if he could start "warming up" four or five hours before the qualifying rounds start! Second place in the San Jose A went to fast improving Chuck Sampson of the host club. Martin Lasich of the Los Gatos Club pitched the second high percentage of the tournament.

SAN JOSE CLASS A W L % W L %

B. Fraser, Golden Gate .... 6 1 63.3 S. Jensen, Seaside 3 4 46.3 C. Sampson, San Jose .... 5 2 44.2 H. Stiles, Arroyo Viejo.... 3 4 44.5 M. Lasich, Los Gatos 4 3 52.5 A. Burt, San Jose 3 4 43.8 K. Ludlow, Los Gatos .... 4 3 50.0 A. Mulder, Golden Gate.. 0 7 32.7

C. Day Wins Ben Shores Memorial Open At Anderson, Ind. Mrs. Ben Shores had the honor of presenting the trophies to the champion

and also the class winners in Class BB and B. The Indiana State Assn. pre-sented Mrs. Shores with a pen desk set as a token of appreciation. The ringer percentages were down because of the blustry weather.

CLASS A W L %

C. Day, Frankfort 7 0 67.1 G. Brumfield, Markleville 5 2 64.6 D. Wright, Columbia City 4 3 57.5 C. Bellman, Bremen 4 3 57.2 K. Van Sant, Cayuga 3 4 63.0 R. Carpenter, Union City 3 4 56.5 F. Fowler, Greencastle .... 2 5 57.6 R. Billingsley, Craw'ville.... Forfeit

CLASS BB W L %

R. Davids, Indpls 6 1 53.6 L. Mullins, Muncie 5 2 51.4 R. Baughn, New Castle .... 4 3 50.9 I. Rookstool, Syracuse .... 4 3 50.2 H. Darnold, Iowa 4 3 49.8 R. Thornburgh, Winchester 4 3 49.5 G. Byrge, Winchester 1 6 39.1 W. Wilhoite, Lebanon .... 0 7 38.0


Ben Shores Open — (Continued) CLASS B — F. Gross, Kokomo, 6-1-51.6; J. Ashbaugh, Valparaiso, 4-3-44.5;

R. Stone, Anderson, 4-3-43.3; B. Flaugher, Lebanon, 4-3-43.2; P. Day, Frank-fort, 3-4-45.6; J. Stone, Beech Grove, 3-4-43.3; R. Harrold, Mich., 2-5-41.7; R. Pitcher, Connersville, 2-5-38.2.

CLASS CC — G. Mendenhall, Noblesville, 5-0-42.1; W. McClintock, Ander-son, 4-1-39.7; J. Flowers, New Castle, 3-2-37.8; J. Pierson, Indpls., 2-3-30.2; H. McFatridge, Arlington, 0-5-Forfeit; D. Wright, Columbia City, 0-5-Forfeit.

CLASS C — L. Frazier, Millersburg, 4-0-53.3; C. Estelle, Indpls., 4-1-50.6; W. Vetor, Alexandria, 3-2-41.7; L. Fisher, Elwood, 2-2-41.3; L. Hinkle, Middle-town, 2-3-42.0; P. Cunningham, Marion, 1-4-32.8; E. Bussard, Marion, 1-5-31.7.

CLASS DD — R. Sheppard, Rushville, 5-0-42.2; M. Gillespie, Indpls., 4-1-37.8; R. Grable, Columbia City, 3-2-35.2; J. Hammons, Craw'ville, 2-3-31.5; F. Arm-entrout, Speedway, 1-4-29.8; H. Hudson, Greenfield, 0-5-24.7.

CLASS D — L. Dearinger, Greenfield, 4-1-38.3; W. Barker, Marion, 3-1-43.7; P. Van Sickle, Indpls., 3-1-42.5; C. Downham, Anderson, 2-2-36.2; E. Foster, Indpls., 2-2-34.0; O. Stewart, Pendleton, 1-3-33.0; R. Kight, Indpls., 0-5-32.2.

CLASS EE — T. Eader, South Bend, 4-1-36.0; R. Ammerman, New Castle, 3-2-33.2; M. Gunyon, Frankfort, 2-3-32.7; W. Tom, Elkhart, 2-3-32.4; C. Nel-son, Jonesboro, 2-3-31.3; E. Beason, Anderson, 2-3-28.5.

CLASS E — R. Hostetler, Indpls., 4-0-35.8; R. Leisure, Carthage, 3-1-38.4; H. Grudziadz, Franklin, 3-2-31.0; R. Hall, Marion, 2-2-32.4; S. Treat, Goshen, 2-2-27.0; G. Campbell, Greentown, 1-3-26.4; R. Shockley, Jamestown, 0-5-20.0.

CLASS F — K. Bunge, Martinsville, 5-0-30.6; J. Nunemaker, Alexandria, 4-0-30.4; M. Shively, Kokomo, 2-2-26.8; W. Miller, Indpls., 2-2-24.1; J. Stewart, Marion, 2-2-21.5; L. Reynolds, Lebanon, 0-4-14.3; J. Waggener, Lebanon, 0-5-13.3.

Montana A.A.U. Crown Goes To Ed. Holmberg This tournament covers Southern and Western Montana. On Labor Day, our

top 24 A.A.U. players will meet Montana's top 24 NHPA pitchers in a state meet at Lewistown, Montana. The official Montana state tourney is held in Northeastern Montana in July. Our distances are a problem to us. Ed Holm-berg has won this A.A.U. tournament 6 times. This meet was largest tourna-ment ever held in Montana.

CLASS A CLASS B W

E. Holmberg, Big Timber 7 A. Mosness, Big Timber .. 6 N. Clark, McLeod 6 G. Larson, Wolf Creek .... 4 A. Olsen, Helena ..... ..... 4 C. Mosness, Big Timber .. 3 D. Mosness, Livingston .. 3 A. Dulaney, Anaconda 3 W. Willis, Billings 1

CLASS C — J. Belzer, Bozeman, 7-1-44.2; L. Sahl, Great Falls, 6-2-38.2; C. Warner, Lewistown, 5-3-34.6; C. Lewis, Ryegate, 4-4-36.6; H. F. Martenson, Bozeman, 4-4-36.1; K. Harmon, Bozeman, 4-4-34.7; A. Cantrel, Sand Coulee, 3-5-29.9; Kershner, Bozeman, 2-6-25.8; A. Hamilton, Fishtail, 1-7-29.0.

CLASS D — J. Redfern, Helena, 6-2-39.7; F. Biehl, Lewistown, 6-2-41.0; J. Day, Lewistown, 5-3-36.3; J. Brown, Bozeman, 4-4-34.9; A. Storlie, Helena, 4-4-32.7; G. Warwood, Bozeman, 3-5-33.0; E. Peake, Livingston, 3-5-32.5; B. Cororan, Ryegate, 3-5-32.4; L. Linton, Helena, 2-6-26.2.

L % W L % 1 56.1 B. Ford, Bozeman ... 7 1 46.3 2 52.4 E. Brown, Billings 5 3 44.7 2 55.5 D. Holbert, Billings 5 3 37.9 4 43.7 R. Mosness, Big Timber . ... 4 4 43.0 4 41.7 L. Biehl, Buffalo , 4 4 40.0 5 45.0 K. Boe, Livingston , 4 4 39.5 5 44.9 C. Douglas, Helena ... 4 4 38.9 5 41.8 S. Morton, Bozeman ... 2 6 33.4 7 38.8 J. Steffan, Grangeville . ... 1 7 26.5


Montana A.A.U. — (Continued) CLASS E — D. C. Lawrence, Wibaux, 6-1-34.9; D. Thrams, Bozeman, 6-1-

35.6; E. Francis, Bozeman, 4-3-34.5; H. Green, Billings, 3-4-35.3; E. Haerr, Liv-ingston, 3-4-32.1; H. VanWinkle, Bozeman, 3-4-31.7; R. Domer, Helena, 2-5-33.5; D. Domer, Townsend, 1-6-24.3.

CLASS F — H. Philhower, Laurel, 6-2-33.9; M. Dreezen, Billings, 6-2-35.7; A. Bolstad, Winifred, 5-3-29.1; B. Giese, Helena, 5-3-29.1; K. Willis, Billings, 4-4-26.2; E. Myrstol, Big Timber, 4-4-24.9; H. Smith, Livingston, 3-5-28.2; D. Dreezen, Billings, 3-5-26.4; T. Morgan, Big Timber, 0-8-12.1.

CLASS G — K. Kershner, Bozeman, 6-1-28.2; M. Lander, Helena, 5-2-29.7; T. Gilbertson, Great Falls, 5-2-29.9; E. Fisher, Billings, 4-3-24.3; H. Lortch, Belt, 3-4-28.4; B. Thrams, Bozeman, 3-4-22.1; M. Peccia, Three Forks, 1-6-22.1; S. Copenhaver, Helena, 1-6-19.2.

CLASS H — R. Mosness, Big Timber, 6-1-26.2; D. Roots, Big Timber, 6-1-25.5; B. Mee, Lewistown, 5-2-26.3; C. Gluschert, Livingston, 3-4-21.0; B. Will-more, Bozeman, 2-5-21.7; O. Bridgewater, Bozeman, 2-5-19.3; S. Baylock, Columbus, 2-5-18.0; E. E. Kessyler, Bozeman, 2-5-15.4.

Cavin Of Missouri Play-Off Victor In Crete, Neb. Open Ray Cavin of St. Joseph, Missouri was the winner of the Crete, Neb. Open

tournament held June 15th, after a three-way play-off with Don McCance, of Lexington, Neb., and Ernie "Four High" Danielson of Burlington, Iowa, Mc-Cance winning second and Danielson winning third. This was the largest tourna-ment held in the Mid-West with 86 contestants.


R. Cavin, Mo 6 1 71.8 L. E. Heist, Neb. 6 0 55.4 D. McCance, Neb . , 6 1 65.7 V. Taylor, Iowa 4 2 57.6 E. Danielson, Iowa ... 6 1 66.0 K. Custard, Neb 4 2 45.4 L. Wallenburg, Neb. 3 4 58.8 R. Jensen, Neb ., 3 3 51.8 A. Gandy, Kan 3 4 55.4 B. Noe, Neb 2 4 42.5 F. Knouft, Kan ... 3 4 55.2 S. Adame, Kan .... 2 4 42.0 K. Garner, Neb 1 6 53.5 L. Cain, Mo 0 6 40.1 D. Carter, Iowa 0 7 50.9

L. 6 40.1

CLASS C — W. Schendel, Kan., 5-1-56.7; S. Helvey, Neb., 5-1-47.6; D. Sey-bert, Neb., 4-2-49.2; W. Gay, Mo., 3-3-48.8; W. Seims, Neb., 2-4-38.6; N. Hell-bush, Neb., 1-5-43.5; P. Wallenburg, Neb., 1-5-34.6.

CLASS D — E. Johnson, 4-1-46.6; J. McConnell, 3-2-44.7; R. Fleahardty, 3-2-43.1; A. Belka, 3-2-39.6; L. Morton, 1-4-42.0; S. Brickey, 1-4-38.0.

CLASS E — J. Douglas, 4-1-48.2; G. Grotrian, 4-1-45.3; H. Woods, 4-1-41.8; J. Frey, 2-3-33.7; V. Nordgren, 1-4-41.4; D. Johnson, 0-5-37.6.

CLASS F — F. Madison, 5-0-40.2; E. Smidt, 3-2-44.0; M. Ryan, 3-2-43.7; D. Derrick, 3-2-37.5; C. Veed, 1-4-23.7; Strasil, 0-5-20.3.

CLASS G — C. Woods, 4-1-35.9; B. Johnsen, 3-2-45.0; D. Govaerts, 3-2-42.8; K. Turner, 3-2-41.9; E. Grage, 2-3-36.7; L. Werner, 0-5-23.7.

CLASS H — D. Koso, 4-1-44.7; O. Afelbeck, 4-1-42.2; J. Isaac, 3-2-41.6; L. Mortensen, 2-3-35.7; L. Davis, 2-3-33.3; W. Johnson, 0-5-26.1.

CLASS I — R. Merdith, 4-1-37.2; L. Olson, 3-2-36.9; W. Elgert, 3-2-32.8; D. Vavrick, 3-2-29.4; M. Hoennenan, 1-4-29.6; H. Weherli, 1-4-23.2.

CLASS J — H. Jensen, 5-0-39.3; J. Hoyt, 4-1-37.7; M. Hoyt, 3-2-36.6; E. Buss, 2-3-34.4; B. Erickson, 1-4-28.4; D. Schuerman, 0-5-20.2.


Cavin Of Missouri — (Continued) CLASS K — B. Johnsen, 4-1-44.7; 0. Einsphar, 3-2-39.9; K. Crook, 3-2-31.7;

R. Dawbert, 2-3-29.7; D. Hein, 2-3-27.4; C. Mundil, 1-4-32.0. CLASS L — N. Hagenemeier, 3-0-25.9; L. W. Strobel, 2-1-30.3; A. J. Soren-

son, 1-2-19.9; C. Grotrian, 0-3-18.4. CLASS M — T. Vergith, 5-0-37.7; N. Odvody, 3-2-21.8; J. Green, 3-2-21.1;

M. Harmon, 2-3-19.9; R. Huffman, 1-4-22.5; J. Johnson, 1-4-15.6. CLASS N — E. Barker, 5-0-25.6; D. Enderlied, 3-2-24.4; Wilson Howe 3-2-

23.6; Ernie Strasil, 2-3-24.0; Harlan Gerdts, 1-4-24.9; A. Horky, 1-4-19.9.

Northern California Horseshoe Pitchers Ass'n. TOURNAMENT NO. 11 — JUNE 8, 1969

VALLEJO CLASS C GROUP I GROUP II

W L % W L % E. Bradt, Mosswood 6 1 45.3 N. Boronda, Arroyo Viejo 5 0 47.2 E. Blanton, Mosswood .... 5 2 44.9 E. Holly, Mosswood 4 1 32.9 W. East, Arroyo Viejo ..... 5 2 43.9 D. Atherstone, Vallejo .... 3 2 28.4 D. Muenchow, Mosswood.... 5 2 43.8 J. Larsen, Santa Rosa .... 2 3 28.9 A. Crossman, Vallejo 3 4 38.9 B. Johnson, Santa Rosa .... 1 4 19.7 V. Mauricio, San Jose .... 2 5 33.3 V. Mauricio Jr., San Jose 0 5 10.0 B. Robb, Santa Rosa 1 6 30.9 S. Hatsme, Vallejo 1 6 29.7

Lewiston, Mont. Invitational Title Goes To Mosness CLASS A CLASS B

w L % W L % 6 1 43.8 J. Belzer, Bozeman 6 1 38.0 6 1 47.7 L. Biehl, Buffalo .. 5 2 36.9 5 2 39.5 H. Sand, Glasgow 4 3 38.1 4 3 39.7 F. Biehl, Lewistown .. 3 4 35.3 3 4 45.5 C. Lewis, Lavina 3 4 33.2 2 5 43.8 R. Mosness, Big Timber .. 3 4 29.4 2 5 33.6 B. d'Autremont, Lewistown 3 4 24.0 0 7 30.1 L. Sahl, Gt. Falls , 1 6 27.4

CLASS C — C. Warner, Lewistown, 6-1-34.5; H. F. Martinson, Bozeman, 6-1-27.9; C. Talcott, Twin Bridges, 5-2-29.4; J. Thomsen, Culbertson, 4-3-31.1; A. Cantrell, Sand Coulee, 4-3-27.5; E. Peake, Livingston, 2-5-22.6; E. Eschen-bacher, Froid, 1-6-23.5; M. Wesen, Glasgow, 0-7-24.1.

CLASS D — R. Paul, Gt Falls, 6-1-23.5; W. Rumsey, Culbertson, 6-1-21.8; I. Cayko, Fairview, 5-2-27.9; G. Trudell, Fairview, 3-4-27.5; H. Coolidge, Fair-view, 3-4-22.2; H. Lartch, Gt. Falls, 2-5-24.9; A. Bolstad, Winifred, 2-5-18.9; R. Domer, Helena, 1-6-19.6.

CLASS E — H. Hefty, Lewistown, 7-0-24.4; P. Strausburg, Lewistown, 6-1-17.2; B. Mee, Lewistown, 4-3-19.8; L. D. Knerr, Gt. Falls, 4-3-17.5; E. Mendel, Winifred, 3-4-16.7; T. Wagner, Nashua, 2-5-17.7; P. Boettger, Lewistown, 2-5-14.8; S. Blaylock, Columbus, 2-5-11.7.

CLASS F — T. Cayko, Fairview, 6-1-23.4; O. Bridgewater, Bozeman, 4-3-16.2; C. Grensten, Lewistown, 4-3-15.6; J. Wagner, Nashua, 4-3-13.9; C. Sennett, Lewistown, 3-4-15.6; T. Mosness, Big Timber, 3-4-13.7; M. Anderson, Sidney, 3-4-13.6; A. Wuertz, Lewistown, 1-6-5.7.


Jim Evans Winner In Northeast Georgia Open Tourney The Northeast Georgia Horseshoe Pitchers Association recently completed

its open tourney in Toccoa, with entries from two states competing. First place winners were James Evans, Class A Eastanollee; Grady Browner, Class B, Eastanollee; Carl Garmon, Class C, Duluth; second place finishers: Sonny Blackwell, Class A, Alpharetta, Ga.; Rev. Donald Smith, Class B, Toccoa; and Burchel Addison, Class C, Toccoa.

CLASS A W L W L

James Evans 7 0 J. E. Brooks 3 4 Sonney Blackwell 6 1 John Ayers 2 5 Ira Walters 5 2 Marlin Garmon 1 6 Joe Dubie 4 3 Joe Thomas 0 7

CLASS B — Grady Browner, 6-1; Donald Smith, 5-2; James Brooks, 4-3; Kermit Carter, 4-3; Ford Meece, 4-3; Charles Thomas, 3-4; Gibbs Grumpton, 2-5; Harvey Ledbetter, 0-7.

CLASS C — Carl Garmon, 7-0; Burchell Addison, 6-1; Johnny Ayers, 5-2; Jerry Reece, 4-3; Gregg Crumpton, 2-5; Bob Randall, 1-6; Ed Kelly, 1-6; Gary Nichols, 1-6.

Allard Open Set For Sept. 6-7 — Moorhead, Minn. The first Allard Open horseshoe tournament at the Moorhead American

Legion's Memorial park courts will be held Sept. 6 and 7, Moorhead, Minn. Red River Valley League officials, who will conduct the tourney, met Tues-

day and decided to switch to the later date. Wes Myhre, league president, said the Sept. 6 and 7 dates will give the league committee additional time to make plans for the event.

Dedication ceremonies for the courts are being arranged through the league and Legion officials.

Prize money will be offered to the top place winners in the 16-man cham-pionship division by the sponsoring Allard Trophy Co., of Valley City.

It is hoped that the tourney will attract more than 100 of the leading pitchers from throughout the Upper Midwest. There will be men's, women's and junior division competition.

Pitchers are asked to submit their 100-shoe home court qualifying scores to Dennis Adamson, 1133 N. 10th, Fargo, N.D., 58102. Letters must be post-marked no later than Aug. 30.

Trophies will be presented to the top three pitchers in all divisions except the championship class.

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Mosbrucker Triumphs In Jaycee Open At Hebron. N. D. CLASS A CLASS B

Warren Ed Thoi Norb Ui Chester Ron Ne Cotton £

w L % W L % 6 1 44.4 Rod Peterson .... 6 1 41.8 5 2 45.2 Les Peterson 5 2 36.8 4 3 49.4 Chaster Danzeisen 4 3 43.5 4 3 46.1 John Krug ,.,. 4 3 37.0 3 4 45.2 Don Elmer 4 3 32.0 2 5 44.7 Leroy Arndt 3 4 33.7 2 5 39.8 Harvey Wehri 1 6 25.0 2 5 29.5 Carl Czywezynski 1 6 24.8

CLASS C — Ervin Wehri, 7-0-29.6; Ray Gunsch, 6-1-30.3; Bing Burns, 5-2-29.5; Homer Chesrown, 3-4-25.6; Warren Rumsey, 3-4-24.7; Frank Vasey, 3-4-23.4; Walter Hirning, 1-6-14.5; Milt Anderson, 0-7-13.7.

CLASS D — Melvin Wehri, 7-0-27.0; Ellis Sebin, 5-2-27.4; Allan Brandt, 5-2-26.6; James Welch, 5-2-25.3; Chuck Sabin, 3-4-21.8; Vernon Krein, 2-5-18.0; Nick Ihli, 1-6-18.2; Kenneth Newman, 1-6-16.0.

National Regatta Open — Sparks, Nevada The National Regatta Open tournament will be held August 30 in Sparks,

Nevada. This will be an annual event with the National Hydro-plane Limited Regatta. It is an annual Labor day celebration, located at Paradise park, in Sparks, Nevada.

Curt Day Winner Of Western Indiana Open At Frankfort Curt Day wins the title by taking the play-off game from Karl Van Sant.

Frances Dunbar finished in 1st place in Women's class. Bill Holland takes the play-off game from Paul Day to win Class A in Juniors. In one game young Bill had 40 ringers out of 44 shoes for 90.8%. Alan Sharpe and Scott Dunbar were the winners in Class B and C respectively of Juniors.

CLASS AA CLASS A W L % W L %

C. Day, Indiana 7 1 80.8 J. Stone, Indiana 6 1 55.8 K. Van Sant, Indiana .... 6 2 75.0 D. Maroon, Illinois 5 2 63.4 D. Wright, Indinana 4 3 68.7 D. Claypool, Indiana 4 3 55.3 C. Bellman, Indiana 3 4 67.9 J. Stout, Illinois 3 4 59.5 R. Davids, Indiana 3 4 65.3 B. Taylor, Indiana 3 4 55.8 R. Baughn, Indiana 3 4 61.0 L. Mullins, Indiana 3 4 54.5 A. Austin, Illinois 3 4 59.2 R. Hubbard, Indiana 2 5 55.8 D. Holland, Indiana 0 7 47.0 R. Maroon, Illinois 2 5 53.9

CLASS BB — W. Wilhoite, Lebanon, 7-0-61.9; G. Farnsworth, Illinois, 5-2-55.7; H. McCoskey, Pekin, 3-4-55.2; B. Flaugher, Lebanon, 3-4-54.6; R. Claus-sen, Hebron, 3-4-54.0; O. Harshman, Frankfort, 3-4-53.8; A. Quebe, Kirklin, 2-5-49.8; L. Trowbridge, Illinois, 2-5-43.8.

CLASS B — J. Ashbaugh, Valparaiso, 7-1-57.8; H. Franke, Illinois, 6-2-53.2; C. Estelle, Indpls., 5-2-57.4; C. Grothe, Indpls., 4-3-61.3; C. Hanson, Russia-ville, 3-4-51.9; G. Eaton, Illinois, 3-4-50.5; G. Hintz, Illinois, 1-6-37.2; D. Wright Columbia City, 0-7-40.9.

CLASS CC — L. Hill, Indpls., 4-1-56.5; R. Foster, Logansport, 3-2-49.7; J. Pierson, Indpls., 2-3-46.3; E. Mendenhall, Noblesville, 2-3-46.1; B. Rist, Kok-omo, 2-3-45.7; H. Holland, Indpls., 2-3-42.0.


Western Indiana Open — (Continued) CLASS C — G. Sharpe, Frankfort, 6-1-51.7; H. Constant, Indpls., 5-2-54.2;

B. Sampson, Muncie, 5-2-53.6; E. Cast, Frankfort, 5-2-50.6; L. Hinkle, Middle-town, 3-4-49.3; D. Holland, Indpls., 3-4-46.0; A. Overdorf, Brownsburg, 1-6-43.3; L. Fisher, Elwood, 0-7-43.1.

CLASS DD — M. Eaton, Illinois, 4-1-46.8; T. Eader, South Bend, 3-2-41.5; M. Gillespie, Indpls., 3-2-40.2; M. Heavilon, Richmond, 3-2-39.5; W. Barker, Marion, 1-4-39.1; F. Armentrout, Speedway, 1-4-37.6.

CLASS D — E. Foster, Indpls., 7-1-41.3; R. McBride, Frankfort, 6-2-40.9; L. Dearinger, Greenfield, 5-2-45.6; J. Hammons, Crawfordsviile, 5-2-41.2; R. Hostetler, Indpls., 2-5-37.2; E. Beason, Anderson, 2-5-36.7; M. Gunyon, Frank-fort, 1-6-36.9; C. Birdwell, Indpls., 1-6-36.0.

CLASS EE — R. Ammerman, New Castle, 5-1-36.6; B. Cook, Elkhart, 4-2-45.4; W. Tom, Elkhart, 3-2-34.8; R. Leisure, Carthage, 2-3-35.7; R. Kight, Indpls., 2-3-31.3; R. Miller, Elkhart, 0-5-25.0.

CLASS E — G. Campbell, Greentown, 6-1-26.7; K. Bunge, Martinsville, 5-2-30.0; J. Dunbar, Thorntown, 5-2-28.3; W. Miller, Indpls., 5-2-26.4; J. Nunemaker Alexandria, 4-3-23.4; M. Shively, Kokomo, 1-6-22.8; J. Stewart, Marion, 1-6-19.6; R. Shockley, Jamestown, 1-6-18.8.

JUNIORS — Class A — B. Holland, Indpls., 4-1-70.6; P. Day, Frankfort, 3-2-59.4; E. Bussard, Marion, 0-4-55.1.

Lavett Wins Seaside California Open Horseshoe Tourney Fred Lavett of the Seaside Horseshoe Club survived three pressure-packed

games with the winner being decided on the last shoe to capture the Seaside Open on June 22nd. The Open, the 13th Northern California Tournament of the season, was well attended although the entire tourney was played under a cool overcast and the sun never did appear. Lavett, the No. Calif, champ in 1967, was cool as the Monterey Bay weather under pressure, as he left three opponents in the 49 hole. Each game went down to the last pitch and Fred made the crucial ringer when it was needed, the true mark of a champion. Second place went to Jesse Gonzales, of Los Gatos, who lost one of the 50-49 games to Fred. He finished with 6 wins and 1 loss compared with Lavett's 7 straight wins in the 8-man round-robin. Bill Weathers of Modesto lost two crucial games and finished third with 4 wins in 7 games. Monty Jones of Grass Valley was 4th, Verdan Zelmar of Los Gatos 5th, Bill McNally of Arroyo Viejo (Oakland) 6th, John Pratt of Sacramento 7th, and C. Cummins of San Jose 8th.

In the Group II 6-man round-robin, Bill Fraser won his 3rd straight tourna-ment group title with 5 straight wins; Lloyd Potter of San Jose was second with 4 wins in 5 trys, and Tal Turner of Los Gatos was third.

To top off the day in grand fashion, Fred Lavett won the drawing for a pair of horseshoes. The Seaside wives served a most delicious lunch, which was heartily appreciated by all, and Erma Turner and Stella Gates kept statis-tics without a flaw. Many thanks to all of the Seaside Club for a well-run tournament.

GROUP I GROUP II W L % W L %

F. Lavett, Seaside ... 7 0 67.9 B. Fraser, Golden Gate .... 5 0 59.3 J. Gonzales, Los Gatos . ... 6 1 70.9 L. Potter, San Jose 4 1 57.2 B. Weathers, Modesto . ... 4 3 64.8 T. Turner, Los Gatos 3 2 53.5 M. Jones, Grass Valley . ... 3 4 57.4 L. Pitney, Seaside 2 3 47.5 V. Zelmar, Los Gatos . ... 3 4 56.6 V. Gwaltney, Sacramento 1 4 46.5 B. McNally, Arroyo Viejo 3 4 56.0 B. Henry, Seaside 0 5 45.2 J. Pratt, Sacramento ... 2 5 64.8

Henry, Seaside C. Cummins, San Jose . ... 0 7 52.7


Knisley Repeats As Winner Of HebronB Ohio Open CLASS A CLASS B

J. Knisley, Bremen W L % W L % 6 1 73.8 D. Whiteman, Newark . ... 6 1 57.1 6 1 75.4 J. Boesch, Columbus ... 5 2 53.7

, 5 2 73.2 R. Weiser, Wooster 5 2 50.0 , 4 3 70.6 H. Witter, Columbus 4 3 50.4 . 3 4 55.8 C. Brickies, Columbus . ... 4 3 48.5 . 2 5 61.3 M. Montgomery, Columbus 2 5 46.1

1 6 62.5 T. Harris, London 1 6 43.0 , 1 6 58.1 K. Carter, Marietta , 1 6 41.0 M. Kalb, Bucyrus 1 6 58.1

CLASS C — L. Grosklos, Marietta, 4-1-53.8; T. Boesch, Columbus, 3-2-48.4; S. Kalb, Chatfield, 3-2-46.6; J. Tallmadge, Jeromesville, 3-2-43.9; F. Sumpter, Martinsville, 2-3-37.5; D. Peterson, London, 0-5-31.4.

CLASS D — E. Waggoner, Xenia, 4-1-40.9; G. Santee, Marietta, 3-2-44.0; N. Hagaman, Ostrander, 3-2-41.0; H. Strider, Hebron, 3-2-37.2; E. Pratt, Columbus, 1-4-35.1; G. Mitchel, Ostrander, 1-4-33.9.

CLASS E — F. Park, Columbus, 5-0-38.5; M. Henderson, Whitehall, 3-2-34.0; O. Cross, Newark, 3-2-30.8; J. Howell, Bremen, 2-3-24.1; R. Keller, Millersport, 1-4-26.9; E. Wiehe, Troy, 1-4-22.4.

CLASS F — D. Shoup, Dayton, 4-1-37.1; A. Davis, Granville, 4-1-26.1; K. Waggoner, Xenia, 3-2-26.0; J. Balogh, Erie, Penna., 2-3-32.4; D. Preston, Colum-bus, 2-3-25.0.

Curt Day Top Man At Indianapolis Open CLASS AA CLASS A

W L % W L % C. Day, Frankfort 5 0 85.7 J. Stone, Beech Grove .. 5 0 64.9 G. Brumfield, Markleville 4 1 74.6 R. Pitcher, Connersville.. .. 4 1 54.8 R. Baughn, New Castle . ... 3 2 67.1 B. Flaugher, Lebanon ,,,, 3 2 55.6 L. Mullins, Muncie 2 3 64.8 R. Rambo, Jeffersonville.. .. 2 3 54.5 R. Davids, Indpls , 1 4 67.2 J. Wilson, 111 .. 1 4 54.0 G. Fransworth, 111 ... 0 5 44.4 W. Wilhoite, Lebanon .... ,, 0 5 47.1

CLASS BB — P. Day, Frankfort, 5-0-59.9; C. Grothe, Indpls., 3-2-56.6; F. Hawes, 111., 3-2-52.3; H. Franke, 111., 2-3-53.7; G. Eaton, 111., 2-3-52.3; J. Flow-ers, New Castle, 0-5-Forfeit.

CLASS B — C. Estelle, Indpls., 5-0-57.4; R. Sheppard, Rushville, 3-2-53.2; H. Constant, Indpls., 3-2-44.0; B. Rist, Kokomo, 2-3-44.4; R. Ammerman, New Castle, 1-4-31.8; J. Holloway, Jonesboro, 1-4-27.5.

CLASS CC — L. Hinkle, Middletown, 5-0-53.7; W. Barker, Marion, 3-2-45.7; R. Buckallew, Beech Grove, 3-2-44.7; J. Keaton, Indpls., 2-3-42.7; A. Overdorf, Brownsburg, 2-3-42.2; R. Fults, 111., 0-5-31.7.

CLASS C — L. Dearinger, Greenfield, 5-1-45.5; J. Pierson, Indpls., 4-2-49.1; M. Gillespie, Indpls., 3-2-46.0; G. Thomas, Madison, 3-2-43.6; C. Birdwell, Indpls., 1-4-38.6; F. Armentrout, Speedway, 0-5-42.7.

CLASS DD — E. Foster, Indpls., 5-1-50.4; R. McBride, Frankfort, 4-2-41.7; R. Hostetler, Indpls., 3-2-41.6; R. Kight, Indpls., 3-2-39.9; C. Downham, An-derson, 1-4-31.6; E. Meyer, Indpls., 0-5-32.0.

CLASS D — R. Hall, Marion, 5-0-33.0; K. Bunge, Martinsville, 4-1-35.9; M. Shively, Kokomo, 3-2-28.7; W. Miller, Indpls, 1-4-25.3; H. Grudziadz, Franklin, 1-4-23.5; J. Nunemaker, Alexandria, 1-4-22.8.


"FOR HORSESHOE'S SAKE" By GEORGE SCHUMMER — Toronto, Canada

First, I would like you to know me a little better. I am 54 years old and my entire life has been centered around all forms of sport both as a player and as a sponsor. I will not mention my business accomplishments. For these rea-sons I should be able to help a little with horseshoes which, without doubt, is as good a sport or form of recreation as any. The only difference is that man has not been able to mould it into what it should be. Man did make bowl-ing, golf, etc. into what they are today — should we not take a stab at doing something to make our sport comparable.

Could anyone argue the point that first we must think big if we ever want to be big? We must have a goal to aim at before we can score. Yes, we must work together. Above everything else we must try something different since we have everything to gain and nothing at all to lose.

Would there be anything wrong with having horseshoe players distinguished far and wide wherever the game is played as following:

PRO AMATEUR 75% players — Grand Masters 45% players B 70% players — Masters 40% players C 60% players — A A 35% players D 50% players — A (PAR — 70%) 30% players E

25% players F This would give us all something to shoot at which would certainly make

the sport more interesting. Now we must have a system to establish these records and very important

too is to keep it as simplified as possible or it will not work. We must remem-ber that the brain will have to play its part also because no system can be made that easy to get all this information. However, it will be easy once we understand the system.

What would be wrong with only counting ringers? Close does not count in any other sport and so often a good game is won or lost by a few lucky single points. The ringers are not luck. We are only disappointed if we don't put them on. I really think it would make us all better players. I believe that even the beginner would catch on faster. We all know that you must think ringers to get them and that is where the thrill comes in. Could we not take portions of the bowling and golf scoring systems and create a new and better scoring system than either: For example, please study the following:

Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 9 or 18 Shoes 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 = 50 or 100 Par 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 = 35 or 70 Ken Smith 3 3 2 5 3 5 4 5 7 = 37 + 0 = 37 G. Schummer 3 3 2 5 3 4 4 5 7 = 36 + 2 = 38 This game was very unusual, all frames being halved except number 6 Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 9 or 18 Shoes 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 = 50 or 100 Par 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 = 35 or 70 Harold Leis 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 6 = 24 + 9 = 33 G. Schummer 2 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 6 = 32 + 0 = 32

The honor of throwing first is kept until you lose the frame. Remember now, these rules can be changed. We used score cards similar to those used for play-ing golf. These were actual games in the Ontario Spring Open. Ken Smith had a three handicap and I had a five so he gave me two ringers. In the game with Harold Leis, who had fourteen, I had to give him 14 — 5 = 9. We es-tablished our individual handicaps by taking the total number of ringers and dividing by the number of games played to get the average, then subtract that number from 35 which is par for 50 shoes. Ken had played four games when


"For Horeshoe Sake" — (Continued) he met me. He had 128 ringers giving him an average of 32 making his handi-cap 35 (Par) — 32 = 3. You can see that it is really very easy to figure any player's handicap and then, like I say, take the difference between the two players and you have a contest of equals no matter how good one or the other may be. There is just no other way to make the game more interesting. In some sports, only a part of the difference is given, such as in golf 4/5, but I believe that the better player in horseshoes still has an advantage in a close game since he is generally able to play better under pressure. The main idea anyway is to help the lower average players. These are the ones we have to keep enthused. This gives them a chance to be top in a tournament with wins and losses. Remember, however, we must always have our true ringer average player recognized with trophies and money as we did in the Spring Open. It would not be any good at all if we did not do that. Then again in other tourna-ments we can have the players play in their own classes as distinguished above without using the handicap. We can have true champions for each class be-cause it has been proven that it is where they belong for the time being. The class you belong in should be marked on your membership card by an authorized person at the tournament and always updated so that you can present it for entry to any tournament. Your handicap should also be up to date on your card. This would be very easy to do and very interesting and players would always be aiming to go up the ladder and not drop down.

It takes no more than twenty minutes with two alone on a court and thirty minutes at the most with four players, two at each end and walking together. Remember, it takes only a second to mark your score when you get to under-stand the game.

No more scorekeepers needed and many of you good reliables will like that. No more qualifying. Everyone will have an automatic established record.

It will only be updated after each tournament and easily done as follows: Tournament #1 - 32%; #2 - 38%; #3 - 36% TOTAL 106 divided by 3 = 35%. If it figures on the one-half per cent or more take the next full number. The important thing is that you will always have an honest record which was not the case with the old method. All that time will be saved as well.

We will have something to talk and write about such as for example in Ken Smith's game with me. Ken had four pars (1, 2, 7 & 8) two boogies (3 & 5), he birdied the 4th and 6th. He and I finished the game with an eagle in the 9th. Remember now tournaments are not always meant to be played using the handicap system but then should be kept in the classes as established. We also had a cash prize for getting the possible DOUBLE EAGLE which would be an eight in the ninth frame but no winners. It is things like that are needed in this sport. You could see the interest in this gimmick. In an 18 frame game you could get two DOUBLE EAGLES (9 & 18). This would be recognized as a GOLDEN EAGLE — Special Prize????

All games finish pretty well at the same time once we all get to understand the system. We did have our problems in the first tournament and you will too but all that should be over with us for now.

Another thing our sport needs as much as anything if it is ever going to grow up is someone to really get into the production of a clean clay, fibre glass contained, durable, colourful horseshoe court. We have a good start on one and twelve were used at our Spring Warmup and not one complaint. Im-provements however can still be made on them but, believe me, a golden op-portunity is waiting there for someone. You can buy anything and everything imaginable in any line of sports equipment today but you can't buy a horse-shoe court. The Dixon court has its purpose but not really for the beginners and that is where we have to start. I have a waiting order for 500 as soon as they are perfected so let's get thinking and see who can be first. Anyone want-ing to see what I have now is welcome to do so because it has been very costly up to this point and you can save that expense. What other sport can be played in your own back yard and the first cost would be the last. Re-member though to sell, it would have to be an asset to a property. Most horse-shoe players come up from their own back yard and that is really where we


"For Horeshoe Sake" — (Continued) have to get more people playing if our sport is going to grow but we have to introduce an attractive product to interest them. One big thing in our favor is that people today are looking for more to do with their increasing leisure time. What could be better for them?

Why could we not establish horseshoes as above? Just compare in detail with any other sport and that is what we have. It may help a little too.

I am not trying to force anything onto anybody but this good sport just has to be put on a better foundation and together we can do it. Why should we be satisfied to leave it as it is, because really we have nothing. My address from May 1st. to Dec. 1st is 68 Brookdale Ave., Toronto, Ontario and then after that 318 N.M. St., Lake Worth, Florida. I would appreciate any remarks against my proposal. Please do that for horseshoe sake.

Yours Truly, George Schummner

COMING Aug. 16-17 — Burlington, la., Crapo Park,

Corn Belt Open. August 17 — Annual Falls City Open tourna-

ment, Falls City, Nebraska. Send qual. score to Don Koso, 803 East 12th St., Falls City, Nebraska 68355.

August 17 — Massachusetts State Tourna-ment, West Side courts, Route 20, West Springfield, Massachusetts.

Aug. 21-22-23-24 — Iowa State Tournament State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa.

August 23-24 — Annual Iowa State tourna-ment, Iowa state fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa.

August 22-23-24 — Annual Missouri State Tournament, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri.

August 24 — N.J. State Singles Champion-ship — Mountain View Park, Middlesex, New Jersey (N.J. Players only)

August 29 — New York State Tournament, New York State Fair, Syracuse, New York.

August 30 — Pleasant Hill Open Tourna-ment, Pike County Fairgrounds, Pleasant Hill, Illinois.

August 30-31, September 1 — Indiana State Tournament at Highland Park, Kokomo, Ind. Deadline for entries, Monday, August 25, Entry fee $5.00. Cash prizes.

August 30-31-Sept. 1 — Annual New Eng-land States tournament, Wheelock park courts, Keene, New Hampshire.

August 30-31 — Minnesota State tourney, Minneapolis, Minn.

August 30-31 - Sept. 1 — Pennsylvania State Tournament, Glenwood Park Courts, Erie, Pennsylvania. 160 Openings.

August 30-31 — Annual Nebraska State tournament, Omaha, Nebraska. Qualifying on courts there, August 30.

August 31 — Maryland State tournament, City park courts, Salisbury, Maryland.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1 — Annual Kansas State tournament, Gage Park courts, Topeka, Kansas.

Sept. 1 — Anita, la., Iowa pitchers, Men and Junior Boys.

Sept. 5-6-7 — Annual Southwest Ohio Dis-trict meet, Franklin Community Park courts, Franklin, Ohio.

Sept. 13-14 — Quint City Open, Aberdeen, South Dakota.

August 30-31-Sept. 1 — Annual Michigan State tournament, Burr Oak, Michigan.

EVENTS Sept. 20-21 — Annual New Mexico State

Tournament, State Fairgrounds, Albuquer-que, New Mexico.

August 31 — Annual Montana NHPA and AAU State championships, Lewistown, Montana.

August 31-Sept. 1 — Annual Colorado State tournament, Memorial park courts, Colo-rado Springs, Colorado.

August 29-30-31-Sept. 1 — Ohio Buckeye State tournament, City park courts, Green-ville, Ohio.

Sept. 1 — Annual State Fair Open tournament Lincoln, Nebraska. Send qual. score to Don Koso, 803 East 12th St., Falls City, Nebraska 68355.

Sept. 6-7 — Annual Alabama State tourna-ment, KOA Kampgrounds, Perdido Bay, Lillian, Alabama.

Sept. 5-6-7 — Southwestern District tourna-ment. Ohio only. Site to be announced.

Sept. 6 — Quincy Open Tournament, Quincy, Illinois

Sept. 6-7 — Carl Frye Memorial tournament, Winchester, Virginia.

Sept. 7 — Annual Midland Open tournament, Noyes Field courts, 28th and Edmond Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Sept. 13-14 — Annual Columbus Open tour-nament, Columbus, Ohio, lower classes Higher classes on Sept. 20-21. Site to be announced.

September 13-14 — Indiana-Ohio Open at Heekin Park, Muncie, Ind. Deadline for en-tries, Monday, September 8. Entry fee $5.25. Cash prizes. Send entries to: Harold Craig, 809 Carson St., Muncie, Ind. 47303.

Sept. 14 — Afton, la., Open, County Fair-grounds, Mail qualifying score and per-centage with $3.00 entry fee to: Lewis B. Jeter, Afton, la., 50830.

Sept. 14 — Brick City Open Tournament, Hebron, North Dakota.

Sept. 20 — Fulton County Tournament, Ful-ton County Fairgrounds, Wauseon, Ohio.

Sept. 20-21 — Annual Virginia State Doubles tournament, Churchville, Virginia.

September 20-21 — Autumn Open at New Albany, Ind. Floyd County Community Park. Deadline for entries, Monday, Sep-tember 15. Entry fee $3.25.

Sept. 20-21 — Fall Ringer Round-up Open tournament, New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Sept. 20-21 — Fall Ringer Round-Up, George Washington park, New Castle, Penna.


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Dear Ellis: The following article may be of interest, so I would like to submit it for

your review. RINGER MAKER SURVEY

Figuring out the top 10 winners of the News Digest "You Pick Em Con-test" for the World Horseshoe Tournament was quite a puzzle.

As a guide for helping to rate these proficient players, an approach was used to classify the contestants on a ringer percentage basis.

After selecting the possible contest winners, the following questions arose. "Rating the top 10 is fine, but what about the rest of us who are much further on down the scale in pitching ability?" "Just where would we probably stand in the organization?"

Curiosity prevailed, and the questions initiated an interesting study. Even-tually the subject developed into a ringer maker survey which could be an in-dicator for the ringer percentage efficiency of the NHPA members.

Data for the survey was obtained from the News Digest. For the past 40 months (Jan. 1966 to May 1969) the names of players were tabulated according

to their highest tournament re-sults. These were for the 70, 75, and 80% ringer classes. During this period there were 91 play-ers in the 70 to 75% class, 44 in the 75 to 80% and 30 in the class of 80% and above. By ap-plying these values to an equa-tion for extrapolating this trend, a series of numbers were com-puted. When plotted, a curve was obtained that shows the ringer percentage of grouped members in the NHPA.

From the curve, it may be judged that a relatively few super stars are in the top class. When the upper class is enlarged to include just 10% of the mem-bership, their pitching efficiency in ringer precision is still high at 63% or better. The majority of the NHPA players, however, pitch less than 35% ringers.

The survey also indicated that the bottom quarter of the organization has a ringer making ability less than 19%. Regardless of their standing, there is some consolation for these fans. . . . . It's fun pitching, the challenge for improvement is the greatest, and this group has plenty of company.

Yours truly, Allen W. Bertschy

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